HAPPY thoughts with Henrik Vibskov

“I actually don’t like fashion.”

Henrik Vibskov is a multi-talent. Alongside his work in fashion, this Danish artist also makes music with his band, Trentemoller, he shoots prize-winning films, is active in the visual arts and devises the most outlandish performances to present his women’s and men’s collections. Vibskov’s 10th presentation, The Big Wet Shiny Boobies Collection, was a memorable event. Dressed as a pirate, he hammered on drums and a washboard while his models lay outstretched in a surrealistic field filled with voluptuous breasts on sticks. The artist also made a personal appearance in his following show, The Land of Black Carrots Collection, for which the admission fee was two packs of cigarettes or 50 Danish kroner.
The colourful, somewhat nerdy streetwear by Vibskov (b. 1972) – a fan of Paul Smith and Commes des Garçons – is highly wearable. The ‘Vibskov man’ and ‘Vibskov woman’ wears relaxed, vibrantly patterned clothes.
Vibskov enrolled at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, *“because a girlfriend was studying there, too”. Soon after graduating in 2000, his work was being exhibited at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, Sotheby’s in New York and elsewhere. He has a shop in Copenhagen.

Arnhem Mode Biennale asked him about happiness in 2007:

Which piece of clothing makes you happiest?
I like socks. A good place to express yourself.

1. Things you can't live without:
   Coffee, socks, shoes, music.

2. What is the status of fashion today?
   Zig zag.

3. What is the colour of happiness?
   The rainbow.

4. What is your wish for the future?
   More organic cotton.

5. What was the message of your latest collection?
   The land of carrots is a reflection of consumer life and the state of the world.

6. Can fashion make the world a better world?
   I am not sure whether it can make the world a better place, but it can make difficult times easier.

http://www.henrikvibskov.com