“For us, fashion is an antidote to reality.” That’s what the design duo behind Victor & Rolf, Victor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren, say about the delicate intricacies of fashion design. The Amsterdam-born team worked for Maison Martin Margiela before launching their own brand in 1993 and in 1998, Victor & Rolf put on an unauthorized fashion show during Paris Fashion Week, which began their own reality in signature design. The Victor & Rolf brand is famous for its iconic showpiece designs and this fashion year was no exception. The Spring Summer 2009 collection is as dazzlingly spectacular and fantastically glamorous creation of exotic design principals and concept-based high fashion and there’s absolutely none of this missing from the shoes as well. Here’s a look at what’s to come in 2009, a season that will continue to focus on the reinterpretation of classic designs with even more abstract strapping techniques, cut-outs, color, and structurally unique heels and platforms. Shoes really are beginning to take center stage. We loves!

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