\n\tThere\u2019s a particular magic to couture that makes a garment more than the sum of its fabric parts. Just take Cinderella, which Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren recently dressed in doll format.<\/p>\n
\n\tFor their spring collection, the Dutch design duo expressed that moment of transformation in a performance. \u201cWe don\u2019t like to be on stage,\u201d confessed Snoeren. \u201cBut there\u2019s nothing like building something.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tWhat they had in mind was a kite, an object with the shoulders to carry at once a feeling of lightheartedness, cheer and freedom.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s an idea that we\u2019ve been playing really for years, but never really found a way to execute it, neither technically nor conceptually,\u201d said Horsting before the show. \u201cThen this season, we managed to make it work and it also felt right to try and do something that\u2019s uplifting.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tGiven the news cycle and general state of the world, who\u2019d fault them?<\/p>\n
\n\tAs is par for the course in the Viktor & Rolf world, the kite they went for wasn\u2019t an old easy-to-fly nylon version. Their first model, taking place on a plinth in a belted white minidress with a high collar and hair that had something of the leather aviator helmet, served as the foundation and central figure of the project.<\/p>\n
\n\tIn her wake came a succession of off-kilter silhouettes cut from black materials \u2014 duchesse satin, cloqu\u00e9 fabric, you name it \u2014 that all had a colorful element.<\/p>\n
\n\tRemoving them turned the all-black outfit into what Horsting described as \u201cgrounded, sculptural\u201d and \u201ca wearable proposition.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tOn a blousy gown with poet sleeves, it was a yellow honeycomb garter that held its hem up on one side. A ruffle-necked sack dress was hidden under a pastel floor-length chiffon with a pleated hem. A disquieting hooded figure even turned into a classically beautiful gown, delicate row of buttons at the back and all.<\/p>\n
\n\tIt was among the looks that spoke the strongest of the idea that small changes might bring back a reassuring normalcy. But layer enough of them and you might find yourself transformed into a colorful creature free to soar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a particular magic to couture that makes a garment more than the sum of its fabric parts.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[146,11062,85,46,133247,47174],"class_list":["post-263452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-fashion-show-reviews","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-paris-couture-week","tag-viktor-rolf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}