A new exhibition opened at 032c’s Berlin Workshop is celebrating Raf Simons’explorations of youth culture over the past 20 years,dating right back to his first collection in 1995.
Curated by photographer Willy Vanderperre, this is the first exhibition devoted exclusively to the designer since Raf By Raf Simons, which took placeat the PittiImmagineUomo tradeshow in Florence back in 2005.In addition to this photographic retrospective, Vanderperre pulled archival pieces from the past two decades to illustrate Raf’s powerful engagements with subcultural movements. There are makeshift skate decks collaged with Vanderperre’s late 90s shots of Peter Philips’ Mickey Mouse makeup.
Staged in opposing displays, each with its own soundtrack picked by Vanderperre and Simons, the exhibition provides a rare insight into one of fashion’s most longstanding and fruitful creative partnerships.
