Diamond Kite – Viktor&Rolf Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026
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Viktor&Rolf reimagine freedom through childhood wonder, imagination, and elevation.
For Spring/Summer 2026, Viktor&Rolf take flight with Diamond Kite, a collection that reimagines freedom through the lens of childhood wonder, imagination, and the transformative power of elevation.
Diamond Kite – Viktor&Rolf Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026
Credit Stefano Guindani
Diamond Kite – Viktor&Rolf Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026
Credit Stefano Guindani
At its heart lies the kite: a timeless symbol of escape and transcendence. This poetic motif becomes both structural and spiritual, shaping the silhouettes, the movement, and the very spirit of the collection.
Diamond Kite – Viktor&Rolf Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026
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As the collection unfolds, each look navigates the space between concept and construction. Couture craftsmanship meets inventive engineering in pieces that are playful and experimental, merging theatricality with practicality.
Diamond Kite – Viktor&Rolf Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026
Credit Stefano Guindani
Diamond Kite – Viktor&Rolf Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026
Credit Stefano Guindani
The collection emphasizes duality, contrasting austere, densely black silhouettes—severe and almost monumental—with colorful, ephemeral wisps of tulle that evoke lightness and delicacy. Black becomes the collection’s foundation — a graphic canvas that outlines each look with precision and clarity. “We go back to black so often because it’s the best color for silhouettes” note the designers. Against this architectural base, flashes of color emerge like crayon sketches of optimism: childlike yet sophisticated, spontaneous yet deliberate.
Diamond Kite – Viktor&Rolf Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026
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Diamond Kite – Viktor&Rolf Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026
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The collection culminates in a breathtaking “kite” finale – a tribute to the iconic Kate Bush album cover that has inspired the designers since the very beginning. The final look appears suspended between earth and sky, a jubilant embodiment of aspiration and grounding, flight and stillness.
Diamond Kite – Viktor&Rolf Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026
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Here is a slim, floor-length dress in black wool crepe with elastane. Designed with a standing collar and center-back button closure. Long sleeves are finished with flounced silk crepe satin cuffs. One sleeve is decorated with graduated yellow bows.
Diamond Kite – Viktor&Rolf Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026
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Diamond Kite – Viktor&Rolf Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026
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Diamond Kite celebrates the paradoxical: playful yet sincere, naïve yet complex, fleeting yet anchored. It is couture as escapism – a reminder that fashion, at its most transcendent, can lift us above reality while still reflecting it.
Diamond Kite – Viktor&Rolf Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026
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Diamond Kite – Viktor&Rolf Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026
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Floor-length sleeveless dress in wool crepe. The kite-shaped bodice features exaggerated shoulders and a deep V-shaped pattern at the front and back. The waist is defined with a glossy satin belt and layered with a white silk taffeta cape inspired by the kite shape, finished with dégradé accordion-plissé tulle from soft pink to bright orange.
Diamond Kite – Viktor&Rolf Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026
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Classic Viktor&Rolf ball gown in black soleil plissé tulle. The fitted bodice is made from black stretch crepe viscose with cut-on sleeves and a tailored neckline. The waist is defined with a slim matching belt. Buttons fasten the center back and cuffs. Detachable fluorescent pink soleil-plissé tulle panniers add contrast and volume.
Diamond Kite – Viktor&Rolf Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026
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Diamond Kite – Viktor&Rolf Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026
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In this collection, Viktor&Rolf act as both architect and magician, conjuring garments that soar – crafted illusions that transform the invisible currents of imagination into form. The result is a vision of hope and upliftment, where fashion itself becomes a vessel for flight.
Diamond Kite – Viktor&Rolf Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026
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Finally, a high-neck, floor-length black kaftan in flowing heavy satin. Soft pleats cascade from the neckline, while the tall collar features a folded graphic detail. The collar and cuffs fasten with small buttons. Completed with a blue satin organza cape trimmed with lavender plissé tulle. The cape ties at the neck with long organza ribbons forming a pussy bow.
Credits: Production: Obo. PR: Lucien Pages. Music: Mode-F. Photography: Stefano Guindani. Vidéo: Titre Provisoire. Styling: Jos van Heel. Hair: Olivier Schawalder. Make-up: Ana Takahashi. Nails: Daniel Smedeman. Casting: Adam Hindle Casting. Choreography: Nathalie Haerlemans
