How to Analyze a Raf Simons Runway Show
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- Full analysis of Raf Simons Autumn Winter 2018 runway show at nyfw. Using the show notes as a guide, I analyze all references and themes in the show. Especially as they connect to the legendary 2001 Riot Riot Riot runway show.
TRIGGER WARNING: near the end of the video, I show stills from a film that include a dead body and someone injecting heroin.
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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’m obsessed with Undercover. I’ve got some excellent videos planned for them.
In the meantime, have you seen my Rick Owens video?
Bliss Foster Hell yeah im excited!! And I have of course, I love Rick and it was the first of your videos I watched! I’m in love with that show having seen the Brueghel painting in person. I also loved his most recent men’s and women’s they were insaneeeeee
Willow String find me on IG, Willow. I wanna ask you something about the painting.
I second this
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
Thanks so much!!
Agreed.
I’m never going to see these collection the same again. Interesting wow
it's interesting how there are so many rapper cosigns now
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!
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🔥
after this video I really enjoy more that collection. Great video man! Subbed
Great analysis mate, keep it up would love to see more!!!
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.
So kind of you to say, Tiffany. Thank you 💫💫
This is soooo intelligently articulated. WOW. thank you for this. Would literally pay for this level of analysis
Subbed bro. I love your personality. Your reviews aren’t boring and are extremely amusing yet knowledgeable!
Ryan XIAO means a lot coming from you, man!
these videos are really great!!!! thank you for the time you put into them!
Thank you so much, Allie :)
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
You the MVP
This is so amazing! Nice work!
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
Glad to hear it resonated with you. I’m still recovering from alcohol addiction myself. Keep pushing, Ty 💫💫
wonderful video, im impatient to see more of your analysis!
You’re awesome, Cash 💫💫 I appreciate the love
Really love your channel!
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
Love this, because it expands my perception allowing me to appreciate the garments as well as the designer. ✌️
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“This tie dye is quite nice.”⚡️🤣
Wow what a great job. Keep them coming!!!
SiLdenafil Hicks oh I will! I don’t think I could stop if I wanted to at this point. I love this stuff so much
this video is so fascinating! big up bliss :) I gotta watch the film now
It’s pretty intense, good luck 🌪🌪
This video was so fascinating, thank you!
SimonDawsonVideography thanks for the kind words!
I’m just now discovering your channel man you’re amazing, subbed
Thanks so much, Edwin! Be sure to send me a dm on IG so we can talk 💫💫
I discovered you a few Minuten ago, now I watch this vid and I have to say, That you are great!
Danke schoen, Milan :)
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okay I just stumbled on your youtube channel and??? why have I never seen you before??? You're amazing??? YAY
Thank you so much! You should check out the Margiela series 💫💫
Great analysis. I recommend the film highly to anyone who has not seen it yet too.
Definitely pretty scary at parts. I’ve always gotten really freaked out by withdrawal scenes in movies and this one was INTENSE lmao
Yeaa this is exactly why i love fashion. This is insane. Bliss has all the right words to explain
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
this is INCREDIBLY GOOD thank you for this!!!
Thanks Martin! Welcome! How’s you find the channel?
@@BlissFoster thru your reddit post on japanese streetwear! i'm now recommending this to all my friends bc i really like how enthusiastic you are while also being thorough and interesting! it's very good!!!!!!!!!!
trustworthy martin wow thanks so much! As you can see, I need all the subs I can get haha
@@BlissFoster you deserve them! i love these!
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
Thanks Noel!!
@@BlissFoster no problem bro Canada wait for the next ones
i just watched it yesterday, man u gotta watch it if you didn't yet
Thanks for this video!
great video man just subbed love ur content
Thanks! You should check out the Rick Owens video!
GREAT analysis
I love analysis vids. ( I have a soft spot as I do them too.) Great job man!
Find me on IG and link me to some of your vids, man!
I love your channel
Great review!!!
Always appreciate you, David :)
Thank you for your brillance. Very much appreciated....going to watch more now. bye.
Need more of these
Have you seen the other eps? We got Rick, CDG, Kiko, Off-White
You are a genius. Keep up the work
Xavi Martinez thanks so much, that’s very kind of you. Find me on IG so we can meet!
That loose thread on his right sleeve is killing me D: D:
Dope content!!
I'm obsessed with the theme song
wow this was a good video, nice job
Thanks Will! Find me on IG so we can get properly introduced!
sooooooo sooooo good video
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 thought! I hadn’t even considered that!
Really informative! Keep doing Analyze Videos really appreciate it.
But where do you get all that information from?
Thanks so much, man! I’ll definitely be doing a ton more analysis videos. Season 3 starts in a little less than a month!
I just do a ton of research. It also helps to actually watch the movies they’re referencing.
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.
I loved the Maplethorpe collection
This has been the most consistent criticism of this video 😂 I redact my statement! The Maplethorpe stuff is great 💫💫
rafs the goat
these review videos are so good, I’d like to know your opinion on kiko kostadinov
I like Kiko! The suits are really interesting. I hope he has a strong finance director so we can continue to see more from him for years to come. So many brands in that position are hot for two years, and then they go bankrupt.
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..
For something so blatent, yes, he would have permission from the copyright holder
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
Oh yes, Undercover is definitely on the list! Thanks for watching, man! New runway analysis video out tomorrow
jesus christ why i discovered it that late i love these films
You’ve got so much good stuff to check out! The Margiela series is getting really good! They don’t have to be watched in order either. Newest episode is excellent 💫💫 Welcome!
analyze Virginia creeper?
The duality of man and nature I.E the Virginia creeper plant killing other plants around man made structures etc.
thank u
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.
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
earthfriends wow that’s fascinating!! Thanks so much for sharing!!
Amazing video, how about a Rick Owens analysis? Would be great to do
Already done! My bad
Haha, yeah I was gonna be like “have I got great news for you!!”
"....... This tie-dye is quite nice."
I'm cackling.
I wish it wasn’t on a dead body 😅
bro is drinking hot water
what about Rough Simmons? i think it's a good way of reinterpretaiting the classic Raf style
“Selling themselves to adult guys” 😂
Markel Payne I was like “prosti...tuting themselves? No, that’ll sound weird.”
At 7:10 While Bliss was talking about Drugs, I was multi tasking and it sounded like he was hitting a Bong
Lunaseur LMAOOOOO 🤣
Dude your videos are fucking amazing. I honestly hate your intro but that’s ok 😂😂
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
I have the first half sweater that shows in the runway in the beginning
Siiiick. So much of the knitwear from this show is just incredible
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
Haha, wow 😳
i luv iu
as always great fucking video
Please do Prada!
Erik López I would love to do Prada! What collection do you love by them and why?
Btw raf simons did the button thing as early as i know in 1998
Some designers take the piss out of "fashion people".....Wear what you want. Follow yourself!
Can you do Comme Des Garcons next?
Comme is very high on my list. They’re one of a few brands that I’m considering doing a lengthy series on. But we’ll have to see how things shake out
why do his collection credits on his website only show music mainly? where do you get full show notes, especially older seasons?
Unfortunately Raf only has the last few seasons listed. It’s possible he didn’t have show notes at all for earlier seasons. My honest answer is I don’t know tho 🙁
Wonder how raf Simons makes those patches ?
O hi , i didnt see you there .
Can someone explain to me why Bliss keeps calling Raf “Dad”? Its making me uncomfortable
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.
I have look 4 and there’s 0 likeness between the fabrics. It weighs about ten pounds and feels like and old sofa.
Find a designer , create a video of interviews, and documentary, from start to finish a line of clothing; starting from the brainstorming session.
This is the goal!
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 :)
i messaged you on fb if that would be easier
Lil Smegma it’s hard to say what the target audience is for luxury houses. I suppose it’s whoever is willing to buy the goods at retail price. So young, wealthy, cool people. I wouldn’t feel confident guessing more specifically than that myself.
@@BlissFoster Yeah it's a weird question hard to say about such a thing
@@BlissFoster thanks for the quick answer
I liked the mapplethorpe show :( not the other two though
Like I said, it’s so cool in the broader context of Raf’s work. I’d even want to own a couple pieces from that show.But in terms of runway show as art? It doesn’t stand up to the others.
Verga we ando mindfucked
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.
self destructive behavior is the fucking point of it all
"Fashion dad" ahaha amazing
I can’t remember where that joke started, Four Pins maybe? Either way, I’ve always thought of Raf like my fashion dad. He’s a little out of touch, but super cool and I love him.
@@BlissFoster he's amazing, my favourite designer really
Luke Keating yea deffo. Ayyy you should hit me up on IG so we can chat 💫💫
@@BlissFoster will do 😌
This actually was my Instagram name in like 2013-2014 😂😂😂 oh and I have 3 pieces from this collection I love it
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...
Zvonimir Duka that sounds awesome! Thanks for the recommendation! 💫💫
Why is Raf Simons called Dad?
what do you think about old alexander mcqueen ?
Lee’s work is kinda beyond the realm of opinion, it was groundbreaking. So instrumental in modern fashion history that some of it seems trite looking back; only bc those tropes were literally invented by Lee. It’s the “to be or not to be” effect. Undesputeably excellent.
Bliss Fosterthank you for the response Bliss!glad to hear that
would u make analysis of mcqueen runways?it’s would be wonderful
Dad Simmons
Lunaseur all kind a crazy colors (aye)
I’m pretty sure he’s not your dad!
i got the drug jeans :|
YOOOOO!! HUGE pickup! Congrats!!
i watch skin way to young personnaly and my fasion is really not normal .....maybe related HAHAHHHAHAHA
Please saint laurent SS 20
Tell me what you love about that show!
#fashiondadraf
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
Smiling is rare for men or women in runway shows. My guess is because it’s not about them, it’s about the clothes. Smiling would draw too much attention to the individual, away from the design.
Gorgeous_Poreless The apathetic faces of models is mainly done in Europe. As far as I'm aware it's partially tonal, and partially to do with how hard it is to mess up a lack of emotion.