Today the National Gallery of Victoria unveiled the world-premiere exhibition Viktor & Rolf: Fashion Artists. Yesterday we were lucky enough to get a preview of the amazing exhibition and hear from Viktor and Rolf – and so were you if you were follow us on Snapchat and Instagram!
The exhibition features over 40 exquisite Haute Couture garments, 22 hand-made porcelain dolls in miniaturised couture and never-before-seen tapestries, archival video and photographs.
Viktor & Rolf have always felt like outsiders of the fashion world due to their rebellious approach to design. Even though they started their partnership together in Haute Couture, they have always been known for creating ‘wearable art’ rather than just fashion. Either way, their creations elicit such beauty, fun and imagination that it inspires the audience just by looking at it. Allow us to take you into their world with our favourite, Top 10 picks from the exhibition that we’re sure you’ll fall in love with as much as us:
This was the first dress Viktor & Rolf ever ever made together!
When this collection was first presented by Viktor & Rolf, they layered each dress one on top of the other on the model. In the end the model was wearing over 70kg!
The following dress was made with red carpet for their Red Carpet Collection in Fall 2014. They were inspired by the fact that many dresses seen in Haute Couture collections reappear on red carpets the world over, so rather than make a dress for the red carpet, they made a dress with red carpet.
The following coat was also a part of the Red Carpet Collection in Fall 2014.
This bejeweled beauty was our favourite #want
This dress was from their Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear collection: Cutting Edge
This dress was from their Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear collection: Cutting Edge
This conceptual fashion piece was from Viktor & Rolf’s Fall 2007 Ready-to-Wear Collection.
Known for creating wearable art, Viktor & Rolf created these literal wearable art dresses for their 2015 Autumn-Winter Haute Couture collection.
Viktor&Rolf: Fashion Artists is on display at NGV International, 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Australia from 21 October 2016 – 26 February 2017. Don’t miss out on this inspiring collection of fashion and art. Tickets on sale now from the NGV website.
