When Danish electronic trip-pop group Trentemøller needed a set designed for their headlining gig at the Roskilde festival last week, they knew exactly who to ask. Trentemøller invited fashion designer (and their occasional drummer), Henrik Vibskov to design an elaborate set that featured neon lights, a massive stage, steel beams that jutted from all angles and two massive rotating “eyes” that flickered on and off throughout the night. Think that sounds weird? Well it’s not nearly as strange as Vibskov’s recent show at Paris Fashion Week, from which the set originated. The spring/summer 2010 collection was titled “The Solar Donkey Experiment” and featured models with faces covered in blond wigs chomping down the runway in everything from canvas pantsuits to striped tank-tops and boxers.

What Vibskov lacks in subtlety, he makes up for in impeccable tailoring and design. Critics and buyers alike have sung the praises of the Danish designer for years now and they’re not alone: we’ve got an exclusive interview with Henrik Vibskov in the next issue of Corduroy!

- TC
(photos by Alistair Wiper)