Viktor & Rolf S/S 10

[Lisa~~~*]

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[mikel]

^Thats's a great vid. Great to see Anja and Karlie during the rehearsal.

 

[sergeantkero]

omg.. i have no words. O_O

 

[Photog108]

It was a great collection Whether some will like or not, it was beautifully done and such a breath of fresh air

 

[Tentacl Ventricl]

Why take away the fun? Everything doesn't have to be philosophical, intellectual or timeless etc. Let the intellectual designers be intellectual and let the fun designers be fun and that what V&R is, not taking yourself seriously and having fun (of course for some reason people seem to take fashion as some sort of scientific experiment into the human mind expressed through clothing.) Lighten up.

ERRR Sorry - NO! V+R are, or at least were, the epitome of designers who approached their work with intellect and a desire to have a voice. To attempt to characterise them as some sort of double dutch Donatella is just plain off. Clue up.

The key to how this collection might be read turns on whether Deisel monkey has clipped their wings and managed to kill the soul of the geese that formerly laid the golden eggs.

The vid. posted above was interesting. That was not the V+R I used to know and love speaking. They seemed like they might cry if they spoke any longer.
The enthused, witty, playful intellects seem to have been crushed. No doubt by Rotto's bean counters.

So my tentative assessment is that the boys are still making that plaintive cry ''NO''. Perhaps the piece that evoked a one winged bird was a metaphor for their own inability to fly or be free whilst currently imprisoned as they probably are by a golden handshake in their sellout deal. Perhaps the holes chainsawed through the dresses are a metaphor for how this deal has ripped out their hearts.

Of course, when designers get taken over by a commercial concern, the question of who is in control, who's work we're actually seeing, isn't always clear (like the Margiella mystery), it's part of the internal dynamics to be played out over time. But when, Mr Rosso, you buy up some of the finest contemporary design talent why oh why do you need these Oscar and Suleyman people whoever the frick they are.

Should anyone come across any more footage of the boys talking about the collection or quotes from them do please add them to the thread. Although something tells me they have been somewhat silenced, marginalised and if so then fashion sheds a collective tear.

 

[jellslove]

Quite honestly, I liked the concept more then the end product. No doubt, Viktor and Rolf are original, innovative and unpredictable, but I couldn't help but get a bit bored when watching the runway show. It's a great message about where couture culture stands in our poor economic state, but I didn't feel like they could have pushed it as far as they could have.
I think the garments with the greatest impact of the concept are the actual gowns themselves where a chunk of the dress was missing.

 

[Chris_Couture05]

Although most of the peices are not wearable I really like the idea of the collection. The geometric peices are very stunning. I also like the this collection has a futuristic Grace Jones insperation