Viktor & Rolf
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Viktor & Rolf is an Amsterdam
-based fashion
house. The company was founded in 1993 by designers Viktor Horsting (born 1969, Geldrop
) and Rolf Snoeren (born 1969, Dongen
).
Academy of Art and Design in The Netherlands. They began working together upon graduation, relocating to Paris
in 1993 to launch their careers. Their first collection 'Hyères' (1993) based on distortion, reconstruction and layering won three prizes at the Salon Europeen des Jeunes Stylistes at the Festival International de Mode et de Photographie. The subsequent presentation of four collections in experimental art spaces led them in 1998 to show their first Haute Couture
collection (Spring/Summer 1998).
Viktor & Rolf returned to ready-to-wear in 2000, with 'Stars and Stripes' (Autumn/Winter 2000-01). The menswear line 'Monsieur' was added in 2003 (Autumn/Winter), modelled entirely by Viktor & Rolf in a mirrored performance. The Viktor & Rolf range has since grown to include shoes, accessories and eyewear.
In addition to their own lines, Viktor & Rolf have collaborated with a number of other well known brands including Samsonite
(2009) with whom they produced a luggage line, Shu Uemura
(2008) for a range of couture false eyelashes, Piper Heidsieck (2007) for the iconic upside down bottle and, in 2006, the line for high street chain H&M
which greatly extended their appeal to the general public.
With the desire to expand, in 2008 Viktor & Rolf entered into a partnership with Italian clothing magnate Renzo Rosso
of Only the Brave (OTB), allowing the company to develop new product ranges, extend distribution and open further boutiques.
Men’s wear collections
Haute Couture collections
designed to attract members of the press. Ready-to-wear
and their menswear label "Monsieur" were to follow over the next five years.
An early fashion presentation was titled ‘Russian Doll’ (Autumn/Winter 1999-2000). A lone model, Maggie Rizer
, was positioned on a revolving platform to be dressed by the designers in nine garments, one on top of the other as a Russian doll in reverse. .
Further presentations saw models act as blue-screens in ‘Long Live the Immaterial’ (Bluescreen) (Autumn/Winter 2002-03) a parade that used chroma-key techniques to project moving images onto the garments. . Other collections such as ‘Atomic Bomb’ (Autumn/Winter 1998-99) and ‘Black Light’ (Spring/Summer 1999) have been presented twice. In both cases, models paraded the catwalk twice, first as a performative spectacle, and again to display the wearable collection.
Presentations have also featured several performers including Tilda Swinton
on whom ‘One Woman Show’(Autumn/Winter 2003-04) was based, Tori Amos
who performed in ‘Bedtime Story’ (Autumn/Winter 2005-06) and Rufus Wainwright
who performed in ‘Ballroom’(Spring/Summer 2007).
In 1993, Viktor & Rolf won the Festival d'Hyeres prize.
In 2003, the Fashion Museum in Paris presented a 10-year retrospective of the designers' work.
In 2005 they opened their first shop in the Golden Quadrilateral
(Quadrilatero d'Oro) in Milan
(which closed in 2008), and were contracted by L'Oréal
to develop their first perfume, called Flowerbomb. In 2006, their first men's perfume, Antidote, was introduced in the US.
In 2008 an exhibition entitled "The House of Viktor & Rolf" http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/home was presented at the Barbican Art Galleryhttp://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/home, celebrating the duo's 15-year anniversary. Key pieces from 1992 to 2008 were remade as detailed miniatures and presented on hand-made porcelain dolls, in a large doll house.
In 2008, Viktor & Rolf announced that Renzo Rosso
—owner of Diesel, chairman of Only the Brave (OTB)— had taken a controlling stake in their company.
Viktor & Rolf stated that this deal is meant to allow their company to put out a wider range of products and to open more stores.
in layer upon layer of couture dresses, piled on top of one another. They have also used a collection of International Klein Blue
clothes as a chroma-key blue-screen to project video. In their Fall 2007 collection, each model wore scaffolding with her own lights and music, carrying their own fashion show as it were. For the presentation of their first menswear collection, they themselves modelled the clothes, changing outfits on the stage. Their collections have featured several performers, like Tilda Swinton
, Tori Amos
and Rufus Wainwright
. Another longtime cooperation is with internationally known photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, who made the photographs for all three of their fragrance campaigns.
‘Antidote’ the first fragrance for men was released in 2006. Like Flowerbomb, Antidote’s launch accompanied a fashion collection ‘Ballroom’ (Spring/Summer 2007). Of the fragrance, Viktor & Rolf state it is "all about the power of transformation. The power of every individual to turn anything into something positive”.
, London and the Centraal Museum
, Utrecht (2008–09).
Solo exhibitions
Select group exhibitions
The piece was actually called "2 Lips & Dancers & Space" I am pretty sure.
[Our fragrance Flowerbomb is] "all about the power of transformation. The power of every individual to turn anything into something positive."
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
-based fashion
Fashion
Fashion, a general term for a currently popular style or practice, especially in clothing, foot wear, or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person...
house. The company was founded in 1993 by designers Viktor Horsting (born 1969, Geldrop
Geldrop
Geldrop is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Geldrop-Mierlo.Geldrop was a separate municipality until 2004, when it merged with Mierlo...
) and Rolf Snoeren (born 1969, Dongen
Dongen
Dongen is a municipality and a village in the southern Netherlands. In the past it was home to a profitable Leather industry, to which a few old shoe factories in the town's older sections still testify. The town is formed near a small river called "Donge" , the water of which was used extensively...
).
History
Viktor Horsting (1969) & Rolf Snoeren (1969) met while studying fashion at the ArnhemArnhem
Arnhem is a city and municipality, situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland and located near the river Nederrijn as well as near the St. Jansbeek, which was the source of the city's development. Arnhem has 146,095 residents as one of the...
Academy of Art and Design in The Netherlands. They began working together upon graduation, relocating to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
in 1993 to launch their careers. Their first collection 'Hyères' (1993) based on distortion, reconstruction and layering won three prizes at the Salon Europeen des Jeunes Stylistes at the Festival International de Mode et de Photographie. The subsequent presentation of four collections in experimental art spaces led them in 1998 to show their first Haute Couture
Haute couture
Haute couture refers to the creation of exclusive custom-fitted clothing. Haute couture is made to order for a specific customer, and it is usually made from high-quality, expensive fabric and sewn with extreme attention to detail and finished by the most experienced and capable seamstresses,...
collection (Spring/Summer 1998).
Viktor & Rolf returned to ready-to-wear in 2000, with 'Stars and Stripes' (Autumn/Winter 2000-01). The menswear line 'Monsieur' was added in 2003 (Autumn/Winter), modelled entirely by Viktor & Rolf in a mirrored performance. The Viktor & Rolf range has since grown to include shoes, accessories and eyewear.
In addition to their own lines, Viktor & Rolf have collaborated with a number of other well known brands including Samsonite
Samsonite
The Samsonite Corporation makes luggage with its products ranging from large suitcases to small toiletries bags and briefcases. It was started in Denver, Colorado, USA in 1910 byJesse Shwayder, as the Shwayder Trunk Manufacturing Company. Shwayder named one of his initial cases "Samson", after the...
(2009) with whom they produced a luggage line, Shu Uemura
Shu Uemura
was a Japanese make-up artist and founder of the Shu Uemura international cosmetics line which bears his name.-Career:A native of Tokyo, Shu Uemura reportedly first became interested in hairstyling and make up as a teenager while recovering from a severe illness which left him bedridden...
(2008) for a range of couture false eyelashes, Piper Heidsieck (2007) for the iconic upside down bottle and, in 2006, the line for high street chain H&M
H&M
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB is a Swedish retail-clothing company, known for its fast-fashion clothing offerings for women, men, teenagers and children....
which greatly extended their appeal to the general public.
With the desire to expand, in 2008 Viktor & Rolf entered into a partnership with Italian clothing magnate Renzo Rosso
Renzo Rosso
Renzo Rosso is an Italian fashion entrepreneur. Referred to as the "Jeans Genius" by Suzy Menkes, he is the founder and President of fashion brand Diesel...
of Only the Brave (OTB), allowing the company to develop new product ranges, extend distribution and open further boutiques.
Fashion
Women’s wear collections- March 2010 - Ready to wear, F/W 2010, collection 28, Glamour Factory
- October 2009 - Ready to wear, S/S 2010, collection 27, Cutting Edge Couture
- July 2009 - Capsule Collection S/S 2010, collection 26, Little Black Dress
- June 2009 - Main Collection S/S 2010, collection 25
- March 2009 - Ready to wear F/W 2009, collection 24, Statues
- January 2009 - Main collection F/W 2009, collection 23,New love
- October 2009 - Ready to wear S/S 2009, collection 22, Shalom
- February 2008 - Ready to wear F/W 2008-09, collection 21, NO
- January 2008-Violins' collection
- October 2007 - Ready to wear S/S 2008, collection 20, Pierrot
- February 2007 - Ready to wear F/W 2007-08, collection 19, The Fashion Show
- January 2007 - Pre-collection F/W 2007-08, collection 18
- October 2006 - Ready to wear S/S 2007, collection 17, Ballroom
- July 2006 - Pre-collection S/S 2007, collection 16
- March 2006 - Ready to Wear F/W 2006-07, collection 15, Silver
- January 2006 - Pre-collection F/W 2006-07, collection 14
- October 2005 - Ready to Wear S/S 2006, collection 13, Upside down
- July 2005 - Pre-collection S/S 2006, collection 12
- March 2005 - Ready to Wear F/W 2005-06, collection 11, Bedtime Story
- October 2004 - Ready to Wear S/S 2005, collection 10, Flowerbomb
- March 2004 - Ready to Wear F/W 2004-05, collection 9, The Hunt
- October 2003 - Ready to Wear S/S 2004, collection 8, Red Shoes
- March 2003 - Ready to Wear F/W 2003-04, collection 7, One Woman Show
- October 2002 - Ready to Wear S/S 2003, collection 6, Flowers
- March 2002 - Ready to Wear F/W 2002-03, collection 5, Bluescreen
- October 2001 - Ready to Wear S/S 2002, collection 4, White
- March 2001 - Ready to Wear F/W 2001-02, collection 3, Black Hole
- October 2000 - Ready to Wear S/S 2001, collection 2, Tapdance
- March 2000- Ready to Wear F/W 2000-01, collection 1, Stars and Stripes
- April 1993 - Salon Européen des Jeunes Stylistes, Hyères, France
Men’s wear collections
- January 2010 - F/W 2010-11, Monsieur 15
- June 2009 - S/S 2010, Monsieur 14
- January 2009 - F/W 2009, Monsieur 13
- June 2008 - S/S 2009, Monsieur 12
- January 2008 - F/W 2008-09, Monsieur 11
- June 2007 - S/S 2008, Monsieur 10
- January 2007 - F/W 2007-08, Monsieur 9
- June 2006 - S/S 2007, Monsieur 8
- January 2006 - F/W 2006-07, Monsieur 7
- June 2005 - S/S 2006, Monsieur 6
- January 2005 - F/W ’05-’06, Monsieur 5
- June 2004 - S/S 2005, Monsieur 4
- January 2004 - F/W 2004-05, Monsieur 3
- June 2003 - S/S 2004, Monsieur 2
- January 2003 - F/W 2003-04, Monsieur 1
Haute Couture collections
- July 2000 Defile Haute Couture, Winter 2000-01, Bells
- July 1999 Defile Haute Couture Winter, 1999–2000, Russian Doll
- January 1999 Defile Haute Couture summer 1999, Blacklight
- July 1998 Defile Haute Couture Winter 1998-99, Atomic Bomb
- January 1998 Defile Haute Couture summer 1998, 1st Couture show
Fashion Presentations
In 1998, Viktor & Rolf put on an unauthorized, underground fashion show during Paris Fashion WeekFashion Week
A fashion week is a fashion industry event, lasting approximately one week, which allows fashion designers, brands or "houses" to display their latest collections in runway shows and buyers and the media to take a look at the latest trends. Most importantly, these events let the industry know...
designed to attract members of the press. Ready-to-wear
Ready-to-wear
Ready-to-wear or prêt-à-porter is the term for factory-made clothing, sold in finished condition, in standardized sizes, as distinct from made to measure or bespoke clothing tailored to a particular person's frame. Off-the-peg is sometimes used for items which are not clothing.Ready-to-wear has...
and their menswear label "Monsieur" were to follow over the next five years.
An early fashion presentation was titled ‘Russian Doll’ (Autumn/Winter 1999-2000). A lone model, Maggie Rizer
Maggie Rizer
Maggie Rizer is an American model, actress, and AIDS activist. She is also ambassador for Operation Smile.-Personal life:...
, was positioned on a revolving platform to be dressed by the designers in nine garments, one on top of the other as a Russian doll in reverse. .
Further presentations saw models act as blue-screens in ‘Long Live the Immaterial’ (Bluescreen) (Autumn/Winter 2002-03) a parade that used chroma-key techniques to project moving images onto the garments. . Other collections such as ‘Atomic Bomb’ (Autumn/Winter 1998-99) and ‘Black Light’ (Spring/Summer 1999) have been presented twice. In both cases, models paraded the catwalk twice, first as a performative spectacle, and again to display the wearable collection.
Presentations have also featured several performers including Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton
Katherine Mathilda "Tilda" Swinton is a British actress known for both arthouse and mainstream films. She has appeared in a number of films including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Burn After Reading, The Beach, We Need to Talk About Kevin and was nominated for a Golden Globe for her...
on whom ‘One Woman Show’(Autumn/Winter 2003-04) was based, Tori Amos
Tori Amos
Tori Amos is an American pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. She was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few alternative rock performers to use a piano as her primary instrument...
who performed in ‘Bedtime Story’ (Autumn/Winter 2005-06) and Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. He has recorded six albums of original music, EPs, and tracks on compilations and film soundtracks.-Early years:...
who performed in ‘Ballroom’(Spring/Summer 2007).
In 1993, Viktor & Rolf won the Festival d'Hyeres prize.
In 2003, the Fashion Museum in Paris presented a 10-year retrospective of the designers' work.
In 2005 they opened their first shop in the Golden Quadrilateral
Golden Quadrilateral
The Golden Quadrilateral is a highway network connecting India's four largest metropolises: Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, thus forming a quadrilateral of sorts. Four other top ten metropolises: Bangalore, Pune, Ahmedabad, and Surat, are also served by the network...
(Quadrilatero d'Oro) in Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
(which closed in 2008), and were contracted by L'Oréal
L'Oréal
The L'Oréal Group is the world's largest cosmetics and beauty company. With its registered office in Paris and head office in the Paris suburb of Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France, it has developed activities in the field of cosmetics...
to develop their first perfume, called Flowerbomb. In 2006, their first men's perfume, Antidote, was introduced in the US.
In 2008 an exhibition entitled "The House of Viktor & Rolf" http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/home was presented at the Barbican Art Galleryhttp://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/home, celebrating the duo's 15-year anniversary. Key pieces from 1992 to 2008 were remade as detailed miniatures and presented on hand-made porcelain dolls, in a large doll house.
In 2008, Viktor & Rolf announced that Renzo Rosso
Renzo Rosso
Renzo Rosso is an Italian fashion entrepreneur. Referred to as the "Jeans Genius" by Suzy Menkes, he is the founder and President of fashion brand Diesel...
—owner of Diesel, chairman of Only the Brave (OTB)— had taken a controlling stake in their company.
Viktor & Rolf stated that this deal is meant to allow their company to put out a wider range of products and to open more stores.
Shows
Viktor & Rolf have gained attention for their artistic, concept-driven catwalk presentations. In a show called "Babushka" they dressed model Maggie RizerMaggie Rizer
Maggie Rizer is an American model, actress, and AIDS activist. She is also ambassador for Operation Smile.-Personal life:...
in layer upon layer of couture dresses, piled on top of one another. They have also used a collection of International Klein Blue
International Klein Blue
International Klein Blue is a deep blue hue first mixed by the French artist Yves Klein. IKB's visual impact comes from its heavy reliance on Ultramarine, as well as Klein's often thick and textured application of paint to canvas.- History :...
clothes as a chroma-key blue-screen to project video. In their Fall 2007 collection, each model wore scaffolding with her own lights and music, carrying their own fashion show as it were. For the presentation of their first menswear collection, they themselves modelled the clothes, changing outfits on the stage. Their collections have featured several performers, like Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton
Katherine Mathilda "Tilda" Swinton is a British actress known for both arthouse and mainstream films. She has appeared in a number of films including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Burn After Reading, The Beach, We Need to Talk About Kevin and was nominated for a Golden Globe for her...
, Tori Amos
Tori Amos
Tori Amos is an American pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. She was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few alternative rock performers to use a piano as her primary instrument...
and Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. He has recorded six albums of original music, EPs, and tracks on compilations and film soundtracks.-Early years:...
. Another longtime cooperation is with internationally known photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, who made the photographs for all three of their fragrance campaigns.
Fragrances
Viktor & Rolf’s first fragrance ‘Flowerbomb’ was released in collaboration with L’Oreal in 2005. According to Dana Thomas' book "Deluxe - How Luxury lost it's Luster", the 'juice' that would come to be known as Flowerbomb was first created by L'Oreal in response to a brief given by another perfume house. After the initial perfume house rejected the proposal, L'Oreal sat on it for three years before Viktor and Rolf chose it for Flowerbomb. Talk of the designers having creative input into the actual fragrance are, therefore, nothing more than marketing hype. Flowerbomb was L'Oreal's first collaboration with a fashion designer for seventeen years, when they worked with Giorgio Armani. Although they had no creative input into the composition of fragrance itself, Viktor & Rolf invented the name, and were given creative freedom to design the grenade shaped bottle and gift wrap printed packaging. Flowerbomb’s official launch coincided with the collection of the same name (Spring/Summer 2005). Several variations of the fragrance and packaging have been released since including a lighter summer version and Flowerbomb Extreme. ‘Petite Flowerbomb’, a travel sized version was released 2009.‘Antidote’ the first fragrance for men was released in 2006. Like Flowerbomb, Antidote’s launch accompanied a fashion collection ‘Ballroom’ (Spring/Summer 2007). Of the fragrance, Viktor & Rolf state it is "all about the power of transformation. The power of every individual to turn anything into something positive”.
Partnerships
- Viktor & Rolf for De BijenkorfDe BijenkorfDe Bijenkorf is a chain of upscale department stores in the Netherlands with its flagship store on Dam Square, Amsterdam. It was founded by Simon Philip Goudsmit in 1870 as a small store along the Nieuwendijk, one of Amsterdam's oldest streets, it offers many prestigious brands in clothing,...
(2009) - Viktor & Rolf for SwarovskiSwarovskiSwarovski is the brand name for a range of precisely-cut crystal and related luxury products produced by Swarovski AG of Wattens, Austria...
- Jewelry line (2009) - Viktor & Rolf for SamsoniteSamsoniteThe Samsonite Corporation makes luggage with its products ranging from large suitcases to small toiletries bags and briefcases. It was started in Denver, Colorado, USA in 1910 byJesse Shwayder, as the Shwayder Trunk Manufacturing Company. Shwayder named one of his initial cases "Samson", after the...
- Travel collection (February 2009) - Viktor & Rolf for Shu UemuraShu Uemurawas a Japanese make-up artist and founder of the Shu Uemura international cosmetics line which bears his name.-Career:A native of Tokyo, Shu Uemura reportedly first became interested in hairstyling and make up as a teenager while recovering from a severe illness which left him bedridden...
- Couture eyelashes (July 2008) - Viktor & Rolf for Piper-HeidsieckPiper-HeidsieckPiper-Heidsieck is a Champagne house from the Champagne region of France. Founded by Florens-Louis Heidsieck on July 16, 1785 in Reims, the Heidsieck name was combined with the Piper name in October 1839...
- Design limited edition (January 2007) - Viktor & Rolf <3 H&MH&MH & M Hennes & Mauritz AB is a Swedish retail-clothing company, known for its fast-fashion clothing offerings for women, men, teenagers and children....
- Design special collection (November 2006)
Exhibitions
Viktor & Rolf have been included in numerous exhibitions including, ‘Viktor & Rolf par Viktor & Rolf, Première Décennie’, Musee de la Mode et du Textile, Paris (2004) and ‘The House of Viktor & Rolf’ at both the Barbican CentreBarbican Centre
The Barbican Centre is the largest performing arts centre in Europe. Located in the City of London, England, the Centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhibitions. It also houses a library, three restaurants, and a conservatory...
, London and the Centraal Museum
Centraal Museum
The Centraal Museum is a museum in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The museum was founded in 1838. Initially, the collection - exhibited on the top floor of the Utrecht townhall - was limited to art related to the city of Utrecht...
, Utrecht (2008–09).
Solo exhibitions
- The House of Viktor & Rolf, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands (November 2008)
- The House of Viktor & Rolf, Barbican Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom (June 2008)
- Fashion in Colors: VIKTOR & ROLF & KCI, The Kyoto Costume Institute and Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan (April 2004)
- Viktor & Rolf par Viktor & Rolf, Premiere Décennie, Musee de la Mode et du Textile, Paris, France (October 2003)
- Viktor & Rolf, Visionaire Gallery, New York, USA (May 1999)
- Viktor & Rolf: 21st Century Boys, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium (April 1999)
- Launch (Fake perfume, miniatures), Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (October 1996)
- Viktor & Rolf: Le Regard Noir, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, The Netherlands (April 1997)
- Collections, Galerie Analix, Geneva, Switzerland (December 1995)
- L’Apparence du Vide, Galerie Patricia Dorfman, Paris, France (October 1995)
- France Le Cri Néerlandais, Institut Néerlandais Paris, Paris (March 1994)
- l’Hiver de l’Amour, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (February 1994)
Select group exhibitions
- Art & Fashion: Zwischen Haut und Kleid, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, WolfsburgWolfsburgWolfsburg is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the River Aller northeast of Braunschweig , and is mainly notable as the headquarters of Volkswagen AG...
, Germany (March till August 2011) - The Art of Fashion: Installing Allusions, Museum Boijmans Van BeuningenMuseum Boijmans Van BeuningenThe Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is the main art museum in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The museum began in 1847 with the collection of Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans . Much of the museum's original collection was destroyed in a disastrous 1864 fire...
, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (September 2009) - Archeology of the Future – 20 years of Trend Forecasting with Li Edelkoort, The Institut Néerlandais, Paris, France (January 2009)
- Skin + Bones, Somerset House, London, United Kingdom
- Form + Volume, Design als Strategie, Designhuis, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (April 2008)
- Picture House, Belsay Hall, Northumberland, United Kingdom (May 2007)
- Fashion Show: Paris collections 2006, Museum of fine arts, Boston, United states (November 2006)
- Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture, The Museum of contemporary Art, Los Angeles, United States (November 2006)
- Women from Tokyo & Paris, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (July 2006)
- Dutch at the End of Design: Fashion and Textiles from the Netherlands, The Museum at FIT, New York, United States (September 2005)
- Spectres: When Fashion Turns Back, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom (February 2005)
- Fashination, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden (September 2004)
- Spectres: When Fashion Turns Back, Modemuseum, Antwerp, Belgium (September 2004)
- Skin Tight: The Sensibility of the Flesh, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, United States (June 2004)
- Goddess, ModeMuseum, Antwerp, Belgium (May 2004)
- Installation: The Fashion Designers Muse, Yokohoma 2001: International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Yokohama, Japan (September 2001 )
- Mohri Color and Space Part 5 [Sayoko], Kobe Museum, Kobe, Japan (March 2001)
- Viktor & Rolf Haute Couture, Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands (November 2000)
- Heaven: An Exhibition That Will Break Your Heart, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany (June 1999)
- Creative Time in the Anchorage: Exposing Meaning in Fashion through Presentation, Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage, New York, United States (May 1999)
- Visions of the body: Fashion or Invisible Corset, The Kyoto Costume Institute, and Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan (April 1999)
- Visioniare The first 25, Colette, Paris, France (July 1998)
Theatre
- Der Freischutz, Opera produced by Robert Wilson, Costume Design, Baden- Baden, Germany (May 2009)
- Space: A Dance in Four Parts, Production by Robert Wilson and Nederlands Dans Theater, Costume Design, The Netherlands (November 2004)
The piece was actually called "2 Lips & Dancers & Space" I am pretty sure.
Awards
- MODINT, Grand Seigneur award, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (July 2009)
- UK Elle Style Awards, H&M Style Visionary Award, London, United Kingdom (February 2009)
- Marie Claire/Fragrance Foundation Grand Prix du Parfum, Meilleur Parfum Masculin (Best Masculine Perfume) for Antidote (October 2007)
- Scottish Fashion Awards, International Designer of the Year (May 2006)
- Telva Magazine, International Designers of the Year, Madrid, Spain (October 2005)
- La Kore, Oscar della Moda, Taormina, Italy (June 2005)
- Dutch ELLE Style Awards, International Designers of the Year, Amsterdam, Nederland (September 2004)
- Stelle della Moda, Avant-garde Designers, San Remo, Italy (September 2004)
- ELLE Sweden Style Awards, International Designers of the Year, Stockholm, Sweden (January 2004)
- Viktor & Rolf were honored as Fashion and Design Honorees by The Fashion Group International's 19th Annual Night of the Stars. The Night of the Stars evening, held in New York, was dedicated to honoring THE PROVOCATEURS: THOSE WHO DARE. (October 2002)
- Prix de la Presse, Prix du Jury, Grand Prix de la Ville de Hyères, Salon Europeen des Jeunes Stylistes, Hyères, France (April 1993)
Publications
- Sprookjes - fairy tale book (2009)
- The House of Viktor & Rolf(German Translation), Collection Rolf Heyne, Germany (2009)
- The House of Viktor & Rolf, Merrel Publishers Ltd, London, UK (2008)
- Colors: Viktor & Rolf & KCI, The Kyoto Costume Institute, Japan (2004)
- E-Magazine, Artimo Foundation, The Netherlands (2003)
- Viktor & Rolf, Haute Couture Book, Groninger Museum, The Netherlands (2000)
- Viktor & Rolf 1993-1999, Artimo Foundation, The Netherlands (1999)
Quotes
"For us, fashion is an antidote to reality."[Our fragrance Flowerbomb is] "all about the power of transformation. The power of every individual to turn anything into something positive."