Looking out over the bay at the art of nature while she works on scientific exploration seems like an interesting contrast. Iris van herpens initial ideas for her spring summer 2015 collection came after she visited the large hadron collider at swiss scientific research facility cern, where magnetic fields are created. Iris van herpens science fashion intelligence, the long. Van herpen, who is thirtythree, does not have a background in. What possibilities lie within new technologies, and how do public initiatives like reuse and recycling impact progress. Amsterdam, the netherlands for many, the merging of fashion and technology means wearables like the apple watch. Dutch designer iris van herpen likes to play in the field and apply her. Dutch fashion designer iris van herpen is well known internationally for her experimental and futuristic runway collections. See the workspaces of 14 leading creative minds iris van herpen. Discover nowfashion, the first real time fashion photography magazine to publish exclusive live fashion shows. Iris van herpen, a magazine curated by, buy, stores, hanne gaby iris van herpen couture fashion designer iris van herpen is widely recognized as one of fashions most talented and forwardthinking creators who continuously pushes the boundaries of fashion design. Van herpens work can be seen in two shows overlapping this month. Iris van herpen spring 2017 couture collection vogue.
Knight captured guinness being splashed with black and clear water using high speed cameras, and then offered up the footage as reference imagery for van herpen to create a oneofakind water dress. Iris van herpen is one of todays most talkedabout young designers. Several years ago, iris van herpen, a dutch fashion designer, began visiting cern. Iris van herpen fashion show automne hiver 20142015. Finally, how do new values and ways of producing fashion result in better business models. Iris van herpen syntopia 2018 collection merging biology. Storm reid electrified the red carpet at the 2019 peoples choice awards, wearing shift souls galactic glitch dress. Iris van herpen haute couture spring summer 2018 full show exclusive duration. Iris van herpen dutch, born 1984 produced her first collection in 2007, shortly after graduating from the artez institute of the arts in the netherlands. Haute couture designer iris van herpen opens up about her life.
What is more surprising is that, iris, age 36, a young dutch designer who has been making fashion for the past 10 years, is already the subject of an exhibition retrospective at. Iris van herpen is a dutch fashion designer who is widely recognized as one of fashions most talented and forwardthinking creators who continuously pushes the boundaries of fashion design. Ivh book transforming fashion boutique iris van herpen. Much like the work of iris van herpen, whose designs were featured in a 2016 exhibition and gala, the documentary illustrates the blurred lines between contemporary couture fashion and art object. The architectural structure aims to superimpose multiple layers of thin woven lines which animate the body in an organic way. Several years ago, iris van herpen, a dutch fashion designer, began visiting cern, the center for particle research near geneva. Iris van herpen haute couture spring summer 2020 paris. Iris van herpen, hacking infinity, shoes, 2015, in collaboration with noritaka tatehana and 3d systems lasercut cow leather, 3d printed photopolymer, and stereolithography resin, collection of the designer, photograph noritaka tatehana iris van herpen, capriole, ensemble, july 2011, in collaboration with isaie bloch and materialise, 3dprinted polyamide, groninger museum, 2012. The designer iris van herpen does not like computers, and for half of her adult life she happily did not have one. Despite the appeal of the dresses sculpted in mysterious materials in iris van herpens amsterdam studio, my eyes were instead drawn to the swell of water outside the window.
Van herpens avantgarde provocations often end up not in womens closets but in art museums. Iris van herpen and a different way of thinking the. Her father once worked for a company that sought to manage the. Due to the nature of magnetic growth, no two shoes are alike. Discuss in the iris van herpens 3d printed fashion forum thread on. Iris van herpen designs for nature the new york times. Iris van herpen, the designer whose clothes look like. Julia koerner explains, my collaboration with materialise for the 3d printed dress for iris van herpens haute couture show voltage 20 reveals a highly complex, parametrically generated, geometrical structure. The magnetic motion shoes are handmade with magnetic powder, a liquid resin and magnets, to grow the shoes using the magnetic fields. Van herpen was the first designer to send 3dprinted couture down the runway, beginning in 2010.
She continues wearing ivh several occasions after, like for her perfume launch fame in 2012. Van herpen has shown her work on runways and in museums, and now has her first major american show, titled iris van herpen. If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support. Like many of van herpens works, dress, 2011 took several months to make and fuses machine and hand work to create the exaggerated forms. With syntopia, iris van herpen explores the new worlds that arise within synthetic biology and the intertwining relationships between the organic and the inorganic. Fashion designer iris van herpen is widely recognized as one of fashions most talented and forwardthinking creators who continuously pushes the boundaries. With 3d printing, it was the first time i could translate the 3d image i had in my mind immediately to the 3d model in the computer and then the 3d printer. Iris van herpen seijaku events 201603 2016 spring summer. Iris van herpens astonishing designs dont look like. Includes work by fashion designers iris van herpen, issey miyake, holly mcquillan and many others. The construction looks like a big puzzle, like a big lego.
Hailed as a pioneer of 3d printing in fashion, van herpen s new couture, as she calls her style, employs distinct forms and methods of sartorial expression. Iris van herpen born june 5, 1984 is a dutch fashion designer known for fusing technology with traditional haute couture craftsmanship. You can see it for yourself at our upcoming exhibition iris van herpen. The futuristic fashion of iris van herpen neon dystopia. It comes as no surprise that iris van herpen interned with a fashion genius like alexander mcqueen. In addition to 3d printing, techniques such as laser cutting and. Iris van herpen wamel, 5 juni 1984 is een nederlands modeontwerpster. Friezes created by the dutch fashion designer iris van herpen wrap the. Inspired by magnetic fields when visiting the large hadron collidier at the scientific research facility cern, van herpen created her magnetic motion collection. Van herpen s designs are sleek in a way that calls to mind marvels of evolutionary design, like stingrays or coral, combined with the. Van herpen opened her own label iris van herpen in 2007. At the nexus of art, design, science, and technology, van herpens stunning sculptural work expresses a bold vision that seamlessly melds traditional handcraft with cutting edge technology, including 3d printing.
Her spring 2015 collection was inspired by the large hadron collider, the worlds largest particle accelerator. But none quite approach the sheer surrealness of dutch couturier iris van herpens plastic outfits for benjamin millepieds untitled new ballet, premiering at. Iris van herpen, hybrid holism, paris haute couture week, philip beesley, 3d printing fashion designer iris van herpen is widely recognized as one of fashions most talented and forwardthinking creators who continuously pushes the boundaries of fashion design. But for dutch designer iris van herpen, technology is the key to a weird wonderland of creative possibilities where materials innovations not gadgets offer the most potential named hacking infinity and inspired by the concept of terraforming modifying. Iris van herpen hails from wamel, a small town in the dutch province of gelderland. Transforming fashion, at the high museum in atlanta, ga. Iris van herpen explains her plastic costumes for the new. At the nexus of art, design, science, and technology, van herpen s stunning sculptural work expresses a bold vision that seamlessly melds traditional handcraft with cutting edge technology, including 3d printing.
Experimenting with previously unexplored methods, van herpen has challenged the conventions of haute couture, marrying its timehonoured traditions the meticulous handwork of the petites mains with modern machinery, such as 3. Van herpen worked with the architect isaie bloch and mgx in making 3d prints, which were then mixed with fabric materials to create these. The dutch fashion designer iris van herpen revealed her spring and summer collection 2015 at the readytowear show in paris. Her latest collection is entitled capriole and dazzled audiences at the recent paris haute couture show for fallwinter 201112. The shoes of nine different iris van herpen collections are exhibited as part of iris van herpen transforming fashion at phoenix art museum. Born in the small town of wamel, she is now based primarily in amsterdam, away from the parisian world of haute couture. Since that time she has had exhibitions in this country and abroad. Dutch designer iris van herpen is a pioneering voice in contemporary fashion. Since then, 3dprinting has become a hot new tool in the fashion industry, with major designers.
Paris t he designer iris van herpen does not like computers, and for half of her adult life, she happily did not have one. Iris van herpen is a dutch fashion designer recognised as one of the most innovative designers of the 21st century. Iris van herpens extraordinary clothes are more like. She was awarded the dutch design award and the mercedes benz dutch fashion award in 2010. Iris van herpen has had many unusual influences over the years. Iris van herpen is revolutionizing the look and tech of. Thank you for an incredible night and surprise dj performance at le guess who. Crystallization dress by iris van herpen inspirationist.
Artist iris van herpen may seem unassuming, but her. In the past couple of years, fashion designers from prabal gurung to valentino have created costumes for new york city ballet galas. Van herpen studeerde voor modeontwerper aan artez academie voor beeldende. Couturier iris van herpen joined forces with nick knight and daphne guinness to create a new crystallization dress during a live broadcast earlier this year. Since her first show in 2007 van herpen has been preoccupied with inventing new forms and methods of sartorial expression by combining the most. Three solo books have been published on the designers work. The sciencefashion of iris van herpen reinventingrid.
She embraces collaborations with artists, architects and researchers, incorporating their expertise in 3d printing, digital fabrication, chemical and electrical processes to create her internationally acclaimed designs. Transforming fashion, a retrospective of her work at the high museum, will run until may 15. The futuristic fashion of iris van herpen lidia zuin march 26, 2015 no comments 929 views 0 likes although you may find her creations rather futuristic than cyberpunk, iris van herpen is a dutch fashion designer every science fiction fan should pay attention. Iris van herpen spring 2010 readytowear collection vogue.
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