“One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art”
— Oscar Wilde
Designer duo Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren had their work cut out for them (to say the very least) topping the crazy-hyped-meme-worthy-over-the-top-tulle-hysteria of their unforgettable SS19 HC collection, ‘Fashion Statements’. Still, the fashion artists, (yes, artists), albeit taking a profound leap from last season, pulled out all the stops for their AW19 Haute Couture collection, ‘Spiritual Glamour’, generating the most literal form of couture (i.e. high sewing/high dressmaking/high fashion).
In collaboration (for the first time—ever) with textile designer, and artist in her own right, Claudy Jongstra, the team produced mystical pieces converting vintage and upcycled materials, along with remarkably rare, Renaissance-esque dyeing techniques that fashioned an art-filled-fantastical fashion story… of totally witch-like and whimsical quantities, complete with imaginative scenic prints and embroideries!
Ms. Jongstra’s intense materials combined into V&R’s staple dramatic shapes, became more and more colorful—from moonscapes with bats to sunrises with flowers and butterflies. The looks contained intricate patchworks from vintage-sourced fabrics as well as reconstituted needle-punched textiles, so that the effect fell somewhere between quilt and Klimt (i.e famous symbolist painter Gustav Klimt).
As Vogue Runway described to perfection:
“The approach was so methodical, though, that even the DIY, craft intentions—complete with embroidery rings as embellishment—were outshined by the technical finesse. And whereas the designers could have obviously been more explicit, they opted to stay subtle, more romantic, as Snoeren put it.”
Amy Verner, Vogue Runway
Another AW19 Haute Couture collection fit to call a masterpiece… Bravo!
See more from conception to collection on IG: @viktorandrolf
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