Mr. Horsting and Mr. Snoeren must be bored.
Photos courtesy of Wire Image
From a certain perspective, the boys from Viktor & Rolf did the expected at Paris Fashion Week. They gave the fashion community something to raise their eyebrows at: a collection of gowns that look like they’d be more appropriate as A.) something you’d see in some sort of Cirque du Soleil freak show complete with dismembered and Swiss cheese evening gowns or B.) something you would see at Bath & Body Works (please reference this gigantic loofah) .
From another perspective, the boys presented us with something unexpected to talk about and make us play this “Why did they do this?” guessing game. Are all the sliced and diced garments a metaphor for our economy that is in shambles? Is it some sort of social commentary of how fashion can be self-mutilating? Or are they just saying, “Look at us! We’re cool and avant garde!” Or are they really, genuinely bored with fashion? Is this strategically cut up and ridiculously fun collection a slap in the face to people who take the world of fashion too seriously? The world may never know.
Looking past the loofahs and holey gowns, some of the pieces are actually wearable. It is no doubt that each of the garments are beautifully made, but the directional garments are the memorable ones. Whether that is smart or silly is for the general public to decide. Unless the world simultaneously decides to dress like Lady Gaga, I seriously doubt we will see that huge one shouldered gown that looks like a deep sea creature on the racks of Barneys. I don’t think it would even fit on a rack:
- Excited
- Fascinated
- Amused
- Bored
- Sad
- Angry
