The Porsche-driving Baader modelled himself on the Hollywood actor Marlon Brando, and he and Meinhof, a successful journalist, epitomised the glamour that gave the gang its appeal - a status it enjoys in popular culture even today.  the RAF has been celebrated by a wave of "terrorist chic", spawning books, films and paraphernalia including "Prada Meinhof" T-shirts and bags with the group's Heckler and Koch machine gun logo.