Art of Couture

One of the 28 inspired illustrations in Michael Roberts's book Fashion Victims: The Catty Catalogue of Stylish Casualties from A to Z (Collins Design), in stores now.

N.Y.C.'s Hasted Hunt Gallery hosts Michael Thompson's debut exhibition. On display are his indelible, witty, and vivid photographs. (9/4-10/25; hastedhunt.com)

The House of Viktor & Rolf" exhibition, at London's Barbican Art Gallery, features a giant Palladian dollhouse full of porcelain dolls clad in the Dutch design duo's collections from the past 15 years and stretches the idea of a fashion house to a radical new level. (Runs through 9/21; barbican.org.uk)

DESIGN FOR LIVING