Presented in the golds of a Parisian luxury hotel lounge, the collection is made up of long dresses from another era, with bustier and petticoats.
Except that some of them are related to the body, but live their own life.
For designer Rolf Snoeren, it's a metaphor for a "disconnection between what we see on our phone screen or on social media and real life".
Viktor & Rolf fashion show in Paris, January 25, 2023 © STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP
"We've created something that's kind of impossible, it defies gravity... But it's there, it's not an image," he continued to the press backstage at the show.
It's a game with "the archetypes of couture, we all know the bustier, the long skirt and we have + twisted + them in accordance with the language of the 21st century which is absurd", he continued.
Viktor & Rolf fashion show in Paris, January 25, 2023 © STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP
For Viktor Horsting, it "changes angle" on the garment.
"We describe our concept as conceptual glamour: there's a part of the collection that's glamorous and wearable and another part that's conceptual," he said.
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