Viktor Rolf: Fall 2006 Ready-to-Wear

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It s super chic, elegant, very feminine

50s and 60s wing on the eyelids,

a very, very dark constructed brow,

and then we have contouring on the cheekbones,

fresh matte skin and pale, pale mouth.

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♪ Someday when I m awfully low ♪

♪ When the world is cold ♪

♪ I will feel a glow just thinking of you ♪

♪ And the way you look ♪

As you can say, you know, it s like a mask

made by silver, black and hair masks, also.

It is like the idea is like an old couture 50s.

We just gave an hint of a series of style like in the 50s,

so we used like the chignons and toupees of hair on the top.

♪ Lovely, never, never change ♪

♪ Keep that breathless charm ♪

♪ Won t you please arrange it cause I love you ♪

♪ Just the way you look tonight ♪

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It started with a, the tradition in Holland

to dip a baby shoe in silver.

It s basically to freeze a moment in time,

to treasure a moment that s really beautiful.

You have to think back of a beautiful childhood

and we started with that emotion

because fashion is our biggest love

and we literally wanted to dip fashion itself in silver,

so that s what we did.

All the silver you see in the show is real sterling silver.

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For us it s like a veil.

And it refers to a time

where women would wear hats and veils,

so it s really about a couture kind of attitude,

very composed.

And as well it s about being introvert

and having self esteem and being true to yourself.

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The clothes are really elegant and really smooth

and really beautiful.

Then you have these pieces that are just so theatrical.

It s amazing.

And then the mask and the hair, I believe it s just great.

Like, who else could bring the ideas like Viktor and Rolf.

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A mixture of nostalgic and modern.

A mixture of incredible sort of the past, the glamor

and the mystery of women but also very modern,

very surrealistic in a way

but very also, in the now.

Because that s how one wants to look as well,

some of those dresses were so beautiful just so simple

and so elegant and feminine.

And I thought the choice of fabrics and the details

and of textures, were so interesting.

They re truly artists.

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It s almost contrary to what fashion is.

So, we were looking for a sense of timelessness,

that s why we worked on, the big icons,

like the little black dress, the trench

and the white shirt and the dope heels.

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[Viktor] All the silver is real silver.

It s not cast, it s actually dipped in silver.

But, it s kind of a complicated procedure.

So when you see a dress that s half silver,

what s underneath the silver

it s the same fabric that you see.

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It was so beautiful.

If you saw the last dress it was silver,

it was so beautiful.

I was like, Oh my god!

It s incredible.

I love it.

[crowd applauding]

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