Viktor & Rolf F/W 13.14 Paris

The Fashion Spot (Nymphaea)

The Fashion Spot (Nymphaea)

The Fashion Spot (Nymphaea)

The Fashion Spot (Nymphaea)

The Fashion Spot (Nymphaea)

The Fashion Spot (Nymphaea)

The Fashion Spot (Nymphaea)

The Fashion Spot (Nymphaea)

The Fashion Spot (Nymphaea)

March 2, 2013 PARIS

By Maya Singer

This was a strong collection for Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren. Though short on fireworks, the clothes on the runway today were rather eloquent, with a passage of looks with trompe l'oeil hand embroidery standing out as particularly expressive. It was tempting to read this collection as a conversation some young woman might be having with herself as she tries, day by day and moment by moment, to decide what kind of person she is. Is she a bouncy individual who wears a fitted sportif sweater and short, godet-pleated, quilted black leather skirt? Or is she sober and serious and even a little bit militant, outfitted in a trim, double-breasted black wool jumpsuit? Perhaps she's just seething with punkish rage, and wants to rip her clothes apart, as Horsting and Snoeren's cool, fraylike embroideries suggested. And maybe she's just a huge Viktor & Rolf fan, and therefore wants her staple leather jacket to boast a giant, signature Viktor & Rolf bow. Who knows? We each contain multitudes. From the first look out, an abbreviated black dress whose sculpted volumes, depending on how you looked at it, evoked either a rumpled bow or an angry black cloud, this collection was kind of a Rorschach test.

What was absolutely clear, however, was that these clothes were meant to sell: Even the most challenging pieces—the white shirtdresses tricked out with ruffles and lacy fray embroidery—were relatively accessible. And items like a pleat-accented leather jacket, or a flared miniskirt topped by a bow, could conceivably find a warm welcome at your average upscale mall in middle America. Strange days, indeed.

Source: style.com

Pretty, pretty. Love how they transitioned from haute couture collections to more pret-a-porter. I wish they make an haute couture collection in the near future .