Go-To-Designer: Iris Van Herpen

Muchaneta Kapfunde | @FashNerdEditor

Who is not a fan of  innovative Dutch designer Iris van Herpen. Time and time again  her collections are stylish proof that she is unafraid to push boundaries. Her Fall/Winter 2015-16 ready-to-wear collection, presented in Paris on March 10th, 2015 at the Palais de Tokyo, Iris explores the ideas of terraforming –modifying the biosphere of another planet to resemble that of Earth.

Who:

Iris van Herpen stands for a reciprocity between craftsmanship and innovation in technique and materials. She creates a modern view on Haute Couture that combines fine handwork techniques with digital technology .Van Herpen forces fashion to the extreme contradiction between beauty and regeneration. It is her unique way to reevaluate reality and so to express and underline individuality.

The essence of van Herpen is expressing the character  and emotions of a woman and to extend the shape of the feminine body in detail. She mixes craftsmanship- using old and forgotten techniques- with innovation and materials inspired on the world to come.

Why now:

Iris has always been on the ‘one-to-watch’ list for a while now, but her latest collection was even better than her last- not an easy feat. Her latest explores the possibility of new geographies and our place within them. The desire to reconfigure space finds expression in light performative materials, which interact with the movement of the body, biomimetic structures and saturated spectral colors. The central geometry is the circle, in both silhouette and cut. The spherical shape of planetary bodies and the symbol of a boundless ‘hackable’ infinity unfolds before us in a constant flow of mandala-like forms.

Hot pieces:

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How to wear it now:

Noveau Riche

 

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SOURCEImage Credit: Iris van Herpen