“Exhibitions are more democratic than the runway: they allow more visitors, and they last longer,” Dutch fashion duo Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren have said. It’s minutes versus months—or perhaps seasons versus great spans of time—as evidenced by “Fashion Statements” at Kunsthalle München, which will run through October 6 and showcases thirty years of Viktor&Rolf creations.

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On display are 100 designs from their career in addition to sketches, videos and photos from Ellen von Unwerth, Andreas Gursky, Herb Ritts and Inez & Vinoodh that illustrate how Horsting and Snoeren built their lasting career by continuously thinking outside the fashion box: recall their iconic upside-down gowns; their “No” themed garments that married fashion and negation; or the 1998 Russian Doll show featuring model Maggie Rizer dressed, look by look, in nine layers.

Speaking from their Amsterdam atelier, Horsting and Snoeren told Observer about recreating Russian Doll for “Fashion Statements,” which involved........

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