Raf Simons Youth in Motion

For Fall/Winter 18 we will see Raf Simons unveil his 'Youth in Motion' campaign, with lots of imagery from the now legendary Christiane F.-movie.

Christiane F. – Uli Edel’s visceral 1981 film (based on Christiane Felscherinow, Kai Hermann and Horst Rieck’s book Christiane F. – Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo) has long occupied a pivotal place in Raf Simons’ imagination. Simons, like many Europeans of his generation, was exposed to the harrowing world of Christiane F. in high school, where the film and the book were discussed as a part of the curriculum. Set in late 1970s, cold war-era Berlin – the Berlin of David Bowie’s Low, Heroes and Lodger – Christiane F. ultimately remains a cautionary tale, one that unashamedly and unapologetically depicts the realities of drug use and addiction.

THE 'YOUTH IN MOTION' COLLECTION IS AVAILABLE HERE

Images of Detlev and Christiane F., the film’s anti-heroes - as played by first-time actors Thomas Haustein and Natja Brunckhorst – populate ‘Youth In Motion’ as emotional markers for the persistent relevance - socially and psychologically - of Christiane F.’s story and Edel’s film.

Part of the proceeds from sales of the ‘Youth In Motion’ collection will be donated to organizations that support those in recovery from addiction.