Henrik Vibskov S/S 12

Henrik Vibskov’s Spring Summer 2012 collection which was just shown at Copenhagen Fashion Week.

Read Dazed Digital‘s interview with the designer about his new collections below.

Dazed Digital: Where does your inspiration come from for this collection.
Henrik Vibskov: We always look in different directions. Music, art, life, whatever. If we’re talking about this season, S/S12, we looked at workwear, 19th century artisans, like Steve McQueen. I like the idea of putting many ideas into a collection.  It gives a lot of freedom to the clothes and to the way we work.  We’re referring to this concept, panopticon, a lot too.  It forms the basis for the show.  The word comes from Greek origin but was used by a philosopher in the late 17th century.  It’s the idea of all-seeing.  I worked with 4 projects at the same time, I tried to put panopticon into everything, a dutch exhibition with a panopticon room – 60 students at Central Saint Martins worked under a brief called the panopticon – my own collection is called panopticon – I bike pass a building every day called the panopticon etc. So I created my own panopticon noia.

DD: How have you grown since your last collection.
Henrik Vibskov: No, I stopped growing when I was 15.  I’m 197 cm. So I haven’t grown since, hehe.
But Things are different from last season. I have a baby, a little girl. Maybe that has changed things in the way I design. But you might have to ask my colleagues if it’s made a difference. I don’t think I see a change maybe as much as they can.