Henrik Vibskov
Born in 1972, in Denmark.
As a fashion designer Henrik Vibskov has produced over 20 men’s (and later also women’s) collections since he graduated from Central St. Martin’s in 2001. He is currently the only Scandinavian designer on the official program of the Men’s Fashion Week in Paris, in which he participates since January 2003.
Henrik Vibskov’s collections are sold only through thoroughly selected shops across the globe. 10 Corso Como in Milan, Tom Greyhound in Seoul, RA in Antwerp, Magasin in Moscow, Club 21 in Singapore and his own Henrik Vibskov stores in Copenhagen, New York and Oslo are a few of the most influential stores. On May 2012 he has been named members of the "Chambre Syndicale de la Mode Masculine" in Paris.
Throughout his career Henrik’s designs have won him prizes such as the Beck’s Student Future Prize 2000, Arets Nye Navn 2003, Danish Design Council Award 2007, Brand of the Year DANSK Magazine Fashion Awards 2008, a Præmieringen from the Dansh Arts Foundation in 2009, the 2011 Soderberg prize, the highest doted fashion prize worldwide, as well as the Jury Prize at the Danish Fashion Awards in 2012.
Between designing new collections biannually and creating the universes surrounding them, Henrik keeps himself occupied touring the world as the drummer for electronic musician Trentemoller, and exhibiting at art museums and galleries around the world.
Since the beginning of his career Henrik has frequently been invited to and participated in festivals, contests and talks such as Swiss Textile Awards 2003, Hyeres Festival 2003 & 2004, the Noovo Festival 2007 in Santiago de Compostella, the LungA Art Festival in Iceland 2009 & 2010, the Notch Festival in Beijing in 2009, Gwangju Design Biennale in South Korea in 2011, to name a few.