#MCM – Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren, the Creative Directors behind the haute couture fashion house Viktor & Rolf because their vision for fashion inspired my largest and most memorable project of 2012. …because they operate from the pure desire of self-expression. …because they admittedly struggled for the first five years of launching their couture fashion house with presenting themselves in an art form related context rather than in a fashion context. …because they have admitted that they control everything understanding that ‘win or lose’ it is their own vision that is represented in their brand. Everything. Not just exhibitions, also collections, perfumes, everything. Of course, like any successful artist they work with and respect their team but they’re involved in everything they do. …because they live and work in Amsterdam and understand that their best work comes from an isolated atmosphere away from Paris and they understand that they do not need the fashion world to create.
Viktor & Rolf
…because I am finding myself more and more in this place – if I cannot exercise my own creative expression…do I really want to do this work? Finding a clientele that loves and appreciates your art for what it is – your art – I believe is the true path to success!
Here are a few of their designs that inspired some of my best work…
…and here is what they inspired!
If you do not know of them, please educate yourself and be inspired by the creative forces of Viktor & Rolf and do share who your #MCM is today? #DVDidIt #MCM #DiannValentineLivingWell #DiannValentine #CreativeArtists
With great admiration,
