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Viktor & Rolf upside-down gowns

Moment · 2023 · Niche

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A 2023 couture show turned upside-down gowns into reaction posts and memes.

Vanessa Friedman

@VVFriedman · Jan 25, 2023

Well, life is pretty topsy-turvy these days. Why not make it couture? #Viktor&Rolf

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Original · Vanessa Friedman (@VVFriedman)

Kea

@jacquemusx · Jan 25, 2023

You can always count on Viktor & Rolf for bringing humor to Couture

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@VintageVault8 · Jan 25, 2023

Viktor & Rolf spring 2023 couture The phrase out-of-body experience comes to mind. Incredible!

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chloe iris

@chloeikennedy · Jan 25, 2023

Viktor & Rolf Spring Couture 2023

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Well, life is pretty topsy-turvy these days. Why not make it couture? #Viktor&Rolf
@VVFriedman on X
The blue upside-down gown from Late Stage Capitalism Waltz, photographed for the museum exhibition.
Marijke Aerden / High Museum of Art
Viktor & Rolf turn Paris Fashion Week upside-down with incredible topsy turvy dresses
Euronews, Theo Farrant & AP
You can always count on Viktor & Rolf for bringing humor to Couture
@jacquemusx on X
You can always count on Viktor & Rolf for bringing humor to Couture
@jacquemusx on X
You can always count on Viktor & Rolf for bringing humor to Couture
@jacquemusx on X
Viktor & Rolf spring 2023 couture The phrase out-of-body experience comes to mind. Incredible!
@VintageVault8 on X
Viktor & Rolf Spring Couture 2023
@chloeikennedy on X
Watch: From upside down to inside out, models walk the ramp wearing gowns in strange ways
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Week of Jan 26, 2023
Jan 25 ’23 to Week of Jan 26, 2023
Platforms
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  • Transgression
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  • Platform jump
  • Press loop

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Viktor&Rolf showed displaced ballgowns in Paris. Runway clips became reaction posts, memes and Instagram comments, followed by general-news coverage. Elsa Hosk later wore a gown at Cannes; museums exhibited the collection.

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  1. January 2023

    Viktor&Rolf precursor · Jan 25 ’23

    Opened with three conventional ballgowns before displaced shapes; 3D-printed structures supported the illusion.[1][18][21]

    Viktor & Rolf turn Paris Fashion Week upside-down with incredible topsy turvy dresses
    Open the first post ↗
  2. @VVFriedman seed · Jan 25 ’23

    Vanessa Friedman posted runway footage and asked why topsy-turvy life could not become couture.[2][3]

    Watch: From upside down to inside out, models walk the ramp wearing gowns in strange ways
  3. @jacquemusx, @VANITYxVAULT, chloe iris platform jump · Jan 25 ’23

    Kea, VANITYxVAULT and chloe iris shared reactions and memes about the gowns.[4][5][6][7]

    You can always count on Viktor & Rolf for bringing humor to Couture
Changelogupdated Oct 16 ’26
  1. 2026-10-16Revised 1 event
  2. 2026-10-14Added: 14 events, 19 sources · Score 19 · Fact-check passed (19 claims)
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  1. January 2023

    Viktor&Rolf precursor · Jan 25 ’23

    Opened with three conventional ballgowns before displaced shapes; 3D-printed structures supported the illusion.[1][18][21]

    Viktor & Rolf turn Paris Fashion Week upside-down with incredible topsy turvy dresses
    Open the first post ↗
  2. @VVFriedman seed · Jan 25 ’23

    Vanessa Friedman posted runway footage and asked why topsy-turvy life could not become couture.[2][3]

    Watch: From upside down to inside out, models walk the ramp wearing gowns in strange ways
  3. @jacquemusx, @VANITYxVAULT, chloe iris platform jump · Jan 25 ’23

    Kea, VANITYxVAULT and chloe iris shared reactions and memes about the gowns.[4][5][6][7]

    You can always count on Viktor & Rolf for bringing humor to Couture
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  2. platform jump · Jan 25 ’23

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