(Paris) Paris invaded by vampires: the Dutch duo Viktor & Rolf paid tribute to the film on Wednesday Nosferatu by German filmmaker Friedrich-Wilhelm Murnau released a hundred years ago, in their humorous haute couture fashion show.
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Dracula, the novel from which the German silent film is based, “is such a powerful symbol of fear in society, of fear of change. It seems very appropriate for the time we live in,” Rolf Snoeren, one of the two creators of the duo, told AFP at the end of the parade.
The couturiers chose the Théâtre de Chaillot, an Art Deco palace with long columns and gilding, to parade women with exaggeratedly high shoulders and very long nails, creating a comic effect.
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PHOTO GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
“We used a silhouette that we created in 1993. It’s a silhouette with very high shoulders, very representative of this intimidating image archetype,” added Rolf Snoeren, one of the creators of the duo.
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PHOTO GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
The couturiers chose the Théâtre de Chaillot, an Art Deco palace with long columns and gilding, to parade women with exaggeratedly high shoulders and very long nails, creating a comic effect.
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PHOTO GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Viktor & Rolf, who will be celebrating 25 years on the Parisian catwalks next year, are regulars at message shows with a strong visual signature.
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PHOTO GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
“It’s essentially our signature: to work, to play with proportions, to study volumes. That’s why we love haute couture, because it’s like a laboratory”, emphasizes Rolf Snoeren, from the duo Viktor & Rolf.
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The raised shoulder line that hides the neck is clean, both for shirts, jackets and for long evening dresses.
“We used a silhouette that we created in 1993. It’s a very high-shouldered silhouette, very representative of that intimidating image archetype,” added Rolf Snoeren.
The silhouette is rigid, but fantasy and color are always present in the duo’s spring-summer collection, such as a pink evening dress with a large bow at the waist, a long dress with flounces.
Viktor & Rolf, who will be celebrating 25 years on the Parisian catwalks next year, are regulars at message shows with a strong visual signature.
“It’s essentially our signature: to work, to play with proportions, to study volumes. That’s why we love haute couture, because it’s like a laboratory,” says Rolf Snoeren.