Transforming fashion, a retrospective of her work at the high museum, will run until may 15. For this collection, iris van herpen draws inspiration from the sensory processes that occur between the intricate composition of the human body, mirrored with the fibrous marine ecology of our oceans. Iris van herpen s biopiracy collection explores physical integrity, individuality, and autonomy, fundamentally asking. Iris van herpen seijaku events 201603 2016 spring summer. This book shows behindthescenes and highly detailed closeups of many of her shows in paris. Currently working on a new book, exploring and selecting the iris van herpen collection highlights of the past decade. The result was an eery, foetuslike addition to the concept of biopiracy which underpinned the entire show. Created as part of her springsummer 2010 collection. Iris van herpen s 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 herpen is a dutch fashion designer and couturier renowned for her futuristic, darkly fantastical aesthetic, which she has shown during couture week in paris. Dutch designer iris van herpen debuted two 3dprinted outfits made in collaboration with usbased designer neri oxman and austrian architect. She was awarded the dutch design award and the mercedes benz dutch fashion award in 2010. Vacuumpacked models at iris van herpens paris fashion week.
Known for seamlessly blending lazercut fabrics, 3d printing technology, cutting edge fabrics, and haute couture handwork, van herpen s work is a summation of. Iris van herpen spring 2019 couture collection vogue. For me fashion is an expression of art that is very closely related both to me and to my body. 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. She was a trainee with alexander mcqueen and in 2007 she launched her own label. Paris iris van herpen is known for her innovative 3dprinted collections that explore complexities. Iris van herpen is revolutionizing the look and tech of. Since then, 3dprinting has become a hot new tool in the fashion industry, with major designers. For the biopiracy show, van herpen worked with the belgian artist. Iris van herpen vacuum packs models in plastic for her.
One can expect to see a variety of extraordinary designs by iris. In the ultimate fusion of art and fashion, the first monday in may takes a behindthescenes look at the metropolitan museum of arts annual met gala and corresponding fashion exhibition. Iris van herpen by the groninger museum to accompany her first solo exhibit, iris van herpen. Its a bit inspired by the fact that parts of our body, a lot of. There is a certain romanticised view of what haute couture entails hardworking ateliers full of petite mains, painstakingly cutting every last snip of fabric, and sewing every last stitch by hand. The dutch designer who is pioneering the use of 3d.
Iris van herpen, the most avantgarde fashion designer in history art of style. Iris van herpen and a different way of thinking the. Crystallization by iris van herpen, daniel widrig and. Vacuumpacked models installed at iris van herpens fashion show. Iris van herpen is one of todays most talkedabout young designers. Biopiracy, dress iris van herpen for iris van herpen 2014.
Van herpen worked with architect julia koerner to create a flowing, feathery design that dramatically pushed the limits of 3. Transforming fashion by the high museum of art to accompany the united states museum tour, and, most recently, iris van herpen backstage. 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. In the recent past, patents on our genes have been purchased. Iris van herpen introspective creative exchange agency. On january 20th, 2020, iris van herpen presented her latest couture collection, titled sensory seas, at cirque dhiver bouglione in paris. Van herpen was the first designer to send 3dprinted couture down the runway, beginning in 2010. Published on the occasion of the exhibition iris van herpen. Iris van herpen iris van herpen sensory seas facebook. Van herpen s designs are utterly unique and works of art in themselves. The exhibition also includes special collaborative pieces by canadian architect philip beesley, and runs from june 2, 2018 to october 8, 2018.
Iris van herpen backstage book, featuring all the iris van herpen paris shows shot by. Iris van herpen, whose innovative use of technology and handicraft is broadening the definition of couture, talks to vogue as she celebrates 10 years in the business. Contemporary couture techniques at iris van herpen the. Three solo books have been published on the designers work. Iris van herpen between the lines process film youtube. Voltage 3d printed clothes by iris van herpen with neri. Iris van herpen biopiracy collectioninspirationist inspirationist. Its called biopiracy the piracy of body, owning something you dont own, the designer said backstage, referring to medical exploration that. Iris van herpen biopiracy w hannelore knuts facebook. From a sewing needle to a laser cutter, a new approach to. With its bookstore and cafe closed, wild detectives is positioning its range of books as.
Iris van herpen designs for nature the new york times. Fashion designer iris van herpen collaborated with new york company. Vacuum packed models floating in space while a girl in a 3d printed silicone dress made of small bouncing jellyfish strides by. Dutch designer iris van herpen is a pioneering voice in contemporary fashion. The plastic sheets were hung in a line along the centre of the catwalk used to present van herpens ready to wear collection, titled biopiracy. In 1984, an enthusiastic fashion designer was born in the netherlands iris van herpen attained a degree in fashion design from artez institute of the arts amhem and did an internship at alexander mcqueen as well as claudy jongstra before starting her own label in 2007. Ivh book transforming fashion boutique iris van herpen. Questions around physical integrity, individuality and autonomy were at the heart of the biopiracy collection. The latest collection created by iris van herpen, the talented dutch fashion designer made its debut at the paris couture calendar of 2011. Iris van herpen combines technology and handicraft to redefine dress.
This week the royal ontario museum rom has opened a new exhibition, named iris van herpen. Van herpen s work can be seen in two shows overlapping this month. Storm reid electrified the red carpet at the 2019 peoples choice awards, wearing shift souls galactic glitch dress. 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. Iris van herpen has had many unusual influences over the years. Transforming fashion, dedicated to the work of a dutch fashion designer iris van herpen. Iris van herpen iris van herpen biopiracy w hannelore. Her spring 2015 collection was inspired by the large hadron collider, the worlds largest particle accelerator. Iris van herpen on couture, her shrinkwrapped models. Several years ago, iris van herpen, a dutch fashion designer, began.
There is a place in fashion, of course, for this preservation of tradition, but in 2020 there also. I see it as an expression of identity combined with desire, moods and a cultural setting. Water inspires iris van herpen couture show youtube. United nude designs shoes for iris van herpens biopiracy. Mgx by materialise and artist daniel widrig to create 3d printed clothes. Since that time she has had exhibitions in this country and abroad. Her early adoption of 3d printing technologies placed her in the vanguard of the technologys introduction into. Iris van herpen, paris, france, 2017 at the intersection of science, art, heritage craft, and fashion lies a singular point, the inimitable and pioneering couturier, iris van herpen. The biopiracy collection by iris van herpen emerged from astonishment of companies patented human genes. For the biopiracy show, van herpen worked with the belgian artist lawrence malstaf to encase models in plastic sheeting, suspending them in vacuumsealed packages down the center of a catwalk. We invite you to have a look into the creative process of the new ivh between the lines couture collection, inside the atelier and behindthescenes at.
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