Capriole by Iris van Herpen
Iris van Herpen is a Dutch fashion designer whose creations combine hand-worked materials with the effects of digital technology. Her latest collection is entitled Capriole and dazzled audiences at the recent Paris Haute Couture Show for Fall-Winter 2011-12
Van Herpen worked with the architect Isaie Bloch and MGX in making 3D prints, which were then mixed with fabric materials to create these incredibly distinctive designs, which seem to revel in the glorious symmetry of the organic, technological and elemental.
“For me fashion is an expression of art that is very close related to me and to my body. I see it as my expression of identity combined with desire, moods and cultural setting.”1
‘Form follows function” is not a slogan with which I concur. On the contrary, I find that forms complement and change the body and thus the emotion.”2
“Movement, so essential to and in the body, is just as important in my work. By bringing form, structure and materials together in a new manner, I try to suggest and realize optimal tension and movement.”3
Photo: Sami Dann
View more of Iris van Herpen’s captivating designs at Irisvanherpen.com
1, 2, 3 Source: Irisvanherpen.com
