As Fashion Week in Paris rolled on, there were just times with the schedule that we had to choose between a showroom appointment and a runway show. Towards mid and end of the schedule, it becomes increasingly harder to do both. We had to miss the Viktor & Rolf show because of a prescheduled appointment at The Park Hyatt Hotel. At 10:00 am on a rainy Tuesday morning, we made our way to the new Viktor & Rolf showroom hidden away in a courtyard on the very busy Boulevard Montmartre.
The most beautiful portion of their show came at the end…. when a series of tulle gowns in various colors paraded one after the other. Pale blue, yellow, rose, pink….. not your ordinary gowns. Not for this duo…. these became sculptures, they appeared to have been cut with a chainsaw much like an ice sculpture would have been shaved.
One would think that the display of mannequin-ed tulle gowns would have been enough…. I then noticed the beautiful floral adorned shoes they had created for their runway show. Fussy floral bouquets to the untrained eye…. but at very close range, which you have the privilege of at your writing appointment, I realized they were completely made of colored latex. Viktor & Rolf never cease to amaze with their quirky sense of creativity.
A note to finish… Friday evening, while passing through the Meurice Hotel, it was a very comforting sight to see Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren having a quiet dinner together at the Restaurant le Dali, designed by Philippe Starck. Just the two of them. No entourage, no assistants, no adoring fans. An early dinner together, quietly celebrating a great show that took place at 1:30pm that afternoon. I smiled while thinking to myself that even the celebrated, having just put on a huge show, just want a quiet moment to themselves every once in awhile . Bravo.
