Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion

Fashion designer Iris van Herpen marries precision and meticulous handcraft, inventive technological solutions, and a striking, futuristic aesthetic.

Organized by the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, and Groninger Museum, The Netherlands, Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion gathers seven years of van Herpen’s original haute couture for this exhibition: her first North American tour, which is currently in Pittsburgh.

Side Note: Solange wore an Iris van Herpen design to the 2017 Grammy Awards where the signer won her first Grammy  Iris Van Herpen : Runway – Paris Fashion Week – Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2016-2017

Now showing at Carnegie Museum of Art (CMOA), the exhibit presents 15 of her collections across a bewildering range of materials and techniques.

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Iris van Herpen, “Refinery Smoke,” Dress, July 2008, Untreated woven metal gauze and cow leather, Groninger Museum, 2012.0196, Photo by Bart Oomes, No 6 Studios

Iris van Herpen, “Radiation Invasion, Dress,” September 2009, Faux leather, gold foil, cotton, and tulle, Groninger Museum, 2012.0201, Photo by Bart Oomes, No 6 Studios

Iris van Herpen, “Hacking Infinity,” Shoes, 2015, In collaboration with Noritaka Tatehana and 3D Systems Laser-cut cow leather, 3-D printed photopolymer, and stereolithography resin, Collection of the designer, Photograph ©NORITAKA TATEHANA

Iris van Herpen, “Hybrid Holism,” Dress, July 2012, Metallic coated stripes, tulle, and cotton, Collection of the designer, Photo by Bart Oomes, No 6 Studios