The Panopticon print from the SS12 Collection is a lot of handmade painted spots in dark green, faded red and burned yellow, which gives a unique structure and makes the Panopticon styles great to mix with each other or wear it separately with some clean color styles. The print is delight for spring and will make a splash of colors in the winter wardrobe. 
Photo: Dmitry Paranyushkin & Diego Agullo, "The Humping Pact", 2011
James Oliver: Before you started your own label, can you tell us what you did and what was pivotal for you to decide starting your own label?
Henrik Vibskov: I was playing coffee, smoking music, drinking cigarettes.
JO: What's the best piece of advice you've ever had?
HV: Give it your all in your 20's, you can always slow down in your 30's.
JO: How did Central Saint Martins help define your approach?
HV: It took some years... but I think they helped me with my creative focus, which I then learned to execute afterwards – luckily CSM doesn't push one much towards the business part.
JO: Can you explain the concept of your collections and how you have progressed since debuting?
HV: Wow, this is rather a life story... and changes from season to season. Different concepts, different worlds, different loves, different perspectives, year by year by year.
JO: Much is made of the balance between conceptual and functional design, what are your thoughts on the process and how they each define your aesthetic?
HV: I am more interested in imbalances, a harmony that evolves from chaos.
JO: What is the theme for the Henrik Vibskov Spring/Summer 2012 Collection? Please explain how you approach the collection.
HV: One starting point of the collection were instruments, which was reflected by the installation – a giant, walkable drum machine – and the showpieces – the hats with the string-detailing or the pantsuit with the sewn-in drums. Also in a more subtle way throughout the collection in its drum-like silhouettes or instrument shaped pattern pieces. But as in everyone of our collections, there is a broad variety in influences and inspirations.
JO: What direction do you see the label going in the future?
HV: North, East, South, West.
Text by James Oliver for POST NEW
First drop of Henrik Vibskov - PANOPTICON AND ON - SS12 has finally arrived all our Boutiques; Copenhagen, Oslo, New York and Online.
"So I visited Henrik Vibskov, also known as the King of Copenhagen. He and his exuberant installations demonstrate how a mixture of art and fashion can work, and need no further introduction. In his studio he and his team do everything - designing and creating the clothes, the setups for his shows, and the pieces for his art exhibitions. Only his gigantic archive of garments and objects are stored elsewhere. For his winter 2012 show, they produced a movable drum-runway in a huge storehouse in the former Carlsberg brewery area, where the movements of the models moved the all-white drumsticks.What you see in his background is actually the workshop part of the studio, and is supposed to be cleaned up and reorganized very soon, now that the shows have ended. On the right you see an installation his interns created for Christmas two years ago; clever observers might be instantly able to tell what it's supposed to resemble."
Photography by Stil In Berlin
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