How to Analyze a Raf Simons Runway Show 

bliss foster one of the most underrated fashion youtubers

Can we PLEASE get an Undercover mens show analysis, Jun Takahashi's work is incredibly laden with references both overt and subtle, he's an incredibly talented designer and he doesnt get enough recognition in the west

i’ve binge watched all of the runway show breakdowns. crazy how this man is not one of the biggest fashion you tubers. really enjoy his vids

I know I’m Literally 4 years late but this thought has been in my head for days now. I think the look with Christiane and Detlev on opposite knees of the trousers is a reference to flappers. Flappers would rouge or paint their knees to draw attention to them and one of the motifs were a boy and a girl on each knee which would “kiss” when the wearer did the Charleston. I think Raf Simons may be deliberately gesturing at one of the most iconic subcultures of the 20th century. Defined like so many subcultures by its fashion, music, and substance abuse.

Seriously Raf's researches and ideas are whole another level🔥

I’m never going to see these collection the same again. Interesting wow

This is amazing man thank you so much for helping me further understand this iconic show in such a clean way! Best fashion channel I've found so far on yt!

This is soooo intelligently articulated. WOW. thank you for this. Would literally pay for this level of analysis

after this video I really enjoy more that collection. Great video man! Subbed

Great analysis mate, keep it up would love to see more!!!

This is so helpful. I’m doing an analyse about a fashion show for fashion class and chose this one. You’re video is so interesting and you explain it all so well. It’s just one thing to have a lot of knowledge about a thing but if you aren’t able to talk about it properly that knowledge will just be useful for yourself. What I’m trying to say is that you are very pleasant to listen to it’s not boring at all! Love this video

Fall/Winter 2018 is like my absolute favorite time for runway shows. I'm such a sucker for nostalgia. Even now, I find myself yearning for that time again. I mean you had a kick ass GUCCI show, The FENDI show was amazing, CHANEL (which is my favorite to this day) & of course, BALENCIAGA. There are others but those are the ones that REALLY stood out to me. I could watch those all day long. I have to admit, I don't know much about Raf Simons, but I am learning more and more as I watch your videos. I'm gonna keep it 100, I only know Raf Simons because of ASAP Rocky lol I love him. You are a fashion saint to all of us who truly appreciate fashion.

these videos are really great!!!! thank you for the time you put into them!

Subbed bro. I love your personality. Your reviews aren’t boring and are extremely amusing yet knowledgeable!

Your analysis of the movie literally just perfectly described my life and thinking my whole life as a teenager and the reason i became addicted

This is so amazing! Nice work!

i remember watching the "Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo" movie at school, that was so disturbing.. but cool to see all of those references in raf's work, it made me undertsand raf's process better, and maybe apply these techniques to my own process. Great vid man

very passionate, analysis is really interesting to watch

wonderful video, im impatient to see more of your analysis!

Love this, because it expands my perception allowing me to appreciate the garments as well as the designer. ✌️

Really love your channel!

This video was so fascinating, thank you!

Wow what a great job. Keep them coming!!!

this video is so fascinating! big up bliss :) I gotta watch the film now

New favourite RU-vid account. Love from Sweden

“This tie dye is quite nice.”⚡️🤣

Yeaa this is exactly why i love fashion. This is insane. Bliss has all the right words to explain

Great analysis. I recommend the film highly to anyone who has not seen it yet too.

I’m just now discovering your channel man you’re amazing, subbed

Watching your videos and analysis I get a very strange feeling. You are very very good at what you do and your depth is absolutely fantastic. I feel like you deserve to have a really good job at a big magazine or fashion website but that would mean we will lose you on here. I don’t want to have to make that choice. Anyway. Have a great night All the love from Sydney

I discovered you a few Minuten ago, now I watch this vid and I have to say, That you are great!

Thank you for your brillance. Very much appreciated....going to watch more now. bye.

this is INCREDIBLY GOOD thank you for this!!!

okay I just stumbled on your youtube channel and??? why have I never seen you before??? You're amazing??? YAY

Thanks for this video!

Wow I loved this never saw that movie, I have watched the video of the fashion show I knew was about drugs, he really got the concept so good. Great work

GREAT analysis

I love your channel

great video man just subbed love ur content

Need more of these

That loose thread on his right sleeve is killing me D: D:

You are a genius. Keep up the work

The tie dye at 18:27 is also to me reminiscent of sterling ruby, obviously an artist Raf has done a lot with, most famously for raf’s first Dior couture show where he makes patterns out of Ruby’s work that mirror that tie dye. Maybe that tie dye subconsciously got its way into Raf’s head and is part of the reason he adores Ruby’s work?

Great review!!!

I love analysis vids. ( I have a soft spot as I do them too.) Great job man!

I'm obsessed with the theme song

Something on Christiane F.: idk if it's in the movie, I've only read the book, however she takes heroin for the first time during the David Bowie concert in Berlin, which gives the patches of her and Bowie in the Riot Riot Riot collection a different meaning. Furthermore she published another book in 2013 called her second life, although it is more a continuation of her first life. It's quite depressing to read, she never really got to fill the hole the heroin created. Directly after the end of the movie she gets addicted to cocaine. In her later years, she relapses, loses her child to the government office for youth welfare and develops a liver cirrhosis due to an Hepatitis C infection caused by a dirty needle. The book also raises the question how big of a role the society plays in the life of addicted people, regarding relapse, reintegration and stigmatization.

Dope content!!

sooooooo sooooo good video

wow this was a good video, nice job

Really informative! Keep doing Analyze Videos really appreciate it. But where do you get all that information from?

I loved the Maplethorpe collection

Great video. I could watch this analysis format for h o u r s . Super pumped about this direction! I'm fairly new to fashion and think you would find more interesting runways to talk about yourself. Something undercover might be interesting

rafs the goat

analyze Virginia creeper?

what about Rough Simmons? i think it's a good way of reinterpretaiting the classic Raf style

these review videos are so good, I’d like to know your opinion on kiko kostadinov

Wonder how raf Simons makes those patches ?

Hey Bliss, great analysis! When you say dad borrows this plays, can we say it’s obvious he has like a license or permission of the artist right? Don’t misunderstand, i’m asking for myself that I’m trying to get into fashion with my brand and sometimes I have some great inspo but I hate that if I reference something a lot but is not a collab, so I’m stealing..

Not sure if you talked Bowie but I'm gonna give it a spin. Bowie had recently finished his work in Berlin - Low, Heroes, and Lodger and swore off drugs, right!. And Christiane F loves Bowie, g and lives Bowie think the main character in Hunky Dory and the song Life on Mars. Anyhoo, Raf loves Bowie too in a romanticish connection for the hero (see, I said "hero"). Anyhoo again, Raf is placing himself in a world he swooned for but never lived in. But know that he is NOT slumming, he is brings ghosts to life in. And resurrects a painful and overlooked subculture - maybe like so many subcultures, gone.

jesus christ why i discovered it that late i love these films

why do his collection credits on his website only show music mainly? where do you get full show notes, especially older seasons?

this video is a yr old but i just wanted to note smthn i thought was interesting - often in flemish still life paintings, lemons will be featured half or fully peeled, with the peels kind of descending downward and looking waaay too long. this is bc yellow is one of the hardest colors to shade with for paint. as such these kinds of painters would use lemons and their exaggeratedly long peels to display how good they were at painting with yellow. an opportunity to flex, i guess. idk why im saying this but i thought it was pretty cool

At 7:10 While Bliss was talking about Drugs, I was multi tasking and it sounded like he was hitting a Bong

thank u

Amazing video, how about a Rick Owens analysis? Would be great to do

Can someone explain to me why Bliss keeps calling Raf “Dad”? Its making me uncomfortable

My mom was born on the 5th of may of 1962. thirteen days before christiane f. and she lived 300 m away from bahnhof zoo. she very well has seen christiane in passing. heck she might've even known her because i recently saw some pictures and let me tell u..she might have KNOWN her

Can you do Comme Des Garcons next?

What would you say that the target audience would be for this certain show? Need to include it in a paper of mine. I have written a bit but would like your expertise :)

You could’ve added that Christiane F. Based on a real story and is not fiction and that she was 13-15 while this happened

"....... This tie-dye is quite nice." I'm cackling.

Btw raf simons did the button thing as early as i know in 1998

I have the first half sweater that shows in the runway in the beginning

bro is drinking hot water

Some designers take the piss out of "fashion people".....Wear what you want. Follow yourself!

Why don’t you like the mapplethorpe collection? Regardless of anything Robert mapplethorpe is super interesting and to incorporate any of his art is important to and can almost always be analyzed because there is automatically depth.

Dude your videos are fucking amazing. I honestly hate your intro but that’s ok 😂😂

“Selling themselves to adult guys” 😂

Please do Prada!

what do you think about old alexander mcqueen ?

Why is Raf Simons called Dad?

as always great fucking video

I have look 4 and there’s 0 likeness between the fabrics. It weighs about ten pounds and feels like and old sofa.

i luv iu

O hi , i didnt see you there .

Lol, you didn't tell me I should have watched the movie, too! I really liked the DRUGS sweater, too, but at first ALSO thought it was a lazy thing to do. I was wrong...Do you know why male fashion models (or at least fashion models outside of Victoria's secret and 'big shows' like those) don't really smile or emote? Does it generally depend on the theme or is it a little bit of sexism? I'm so confused to see them only stonefaced

Verga we ando mindfucked

I liked the mapplethorpe show :( not the other two though

self destructive behavior is the fucking point of it all

Find a designer , create a video of interviews, and documentary, from start to finish a line of clothing; starting from the brainstorming session.

Are you saying RAF or DAD?

RAF SIMONS CAN CUT A FUCKING JACKET LIKE NO OTHER.

This show is so laden with meaning that it makes me miss the late 20th century. I'm tired. Why can't we have fashion that is appreciated for the color, shape and textiles without all the footnotes? I want to look at something that can't be explained.

Are you European?? How’d you learn German ??

Oh, it is just a sin if you haven't read the book. To paint a picture, if book has 300 pages, film starts at 100th and ends at 200th, it is very VERY badly screened (compared to book op.a.). Warm recomendations. There is a second book, out few years ago with Sonja Vuković as an author and it is about her elder-life...

i watch skin way to young personnaly and my fasion is really not normal .....maybe related HAHAHHHAHAHA

"Fashion dad" ahaha amazing

Please saint laurent SS 20

Dad Simmons