Viktor&Rolf: Fashion World Outsiders?

Join us for a conversation with avant garde Dutch fashion designers Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren in celebration of Viktor&Rolf. Fashion Statements. Exhibition curator Thierry-Maxime Loriot will join the designers to discuss their work as fashion artists, exploring the boundaries between haute couture and art.

Guests will have access to the exhibition space and museum shop from 5:30–7 p.m. A pop-up shop and cash bar will also be available near the Hill Auditorium lobby.

Beyond questions of style or seasonal look, Viktor&Rolf’s collections often begin with an abstract idea. The self-confessed fashion world outsiders have garnered critical acclaim for unconventional designs that reveal technical prowess and a deep knowledge of fashion and history. Their creations have been embraced by artists and creatives including Cardi B, Lady Gaga, Madonna and Tilda Swinton.

Thierry-Maxime Loriot is the curator of Viktor&Rolf. Fashion Statements, which originated at the Kunsthalle München before coming to the High Museum of Art. After working more than ten years in the fashion industry between New York, Milan, London, and Paris, with leading photographers, brands, and magazines, Loriot curated the various renditions of the globally successful touring exhibition The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk. The retrospective travelled to twelve cities and drew more than 2.1 million visitors, making it the most-visited fashion exhibition to this day.