Over the last decade, the dapper Danish designer Henrik Vibskov has garnered quite a reputation with his colorful creations and fanciful presentations that more often than not resemble installation art rather than run-of-the-mill runway shows.

Along the way, henrik’s built himself an impressive empire of sorts, with standalone stores in Oslo and his home base of Copenhagen, a growing list of global retailers (4 – from 2009) and an online emporium. Clearly, there’s a method to the whimsical madness.

A man of many hats, literally and figuratively, the Scandinavian wunderkind has had to hang one up, at least temporarily, to attend to his latest project, the unveiling of his first U.S. store at 456 Broome Street, NYC.

Henrik Vibskov is exclusive to 4.

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