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Iris van Herpen

Designer, Iris van Herpen

The innovative Dutch designer was one of the first to employ 3-D printing and is a guest designer at the haute couture shows.

Iris van Herpen
Fashion Week

Iris Van Herpen Couture Autumn 2016

See all the looks from Iris van Herpen's Autumn 2016 couture collection.

Fashion Week

Iris Van Herpen Couture Autumn 2016

See all the looks from Iris van Herpen's Autumn 2016 couture collection.


News & Analysis

Decoding ‘Manus x Machina’

BoF talks to key players at Condé Nast, Apple and the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to unpack the meaning of its latest exhibit on the evening of the Met Gala.

News & Analysis

Decoding ‘Manus x Machina’

BoF talks to key players at Condé Nast, Apple and the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to unpack the meaning of its latest exhibit on the evening of the Met Gala.


Fashion Week

Iris Van Herpen's Dream States

Iris Van Herpen's latest collection, entitled 'Lucid,' put her spectators in a trance, thanks, in particular, to 'phantom' dresses that fused featherweight tulle with iridescent stripes in a mind-bending maze of miniature pleating.

Fashion Week

Iris Van Herpen's Dream States

Iris Van Herpen's latest collection, entitled 'Lucid,' put her spectators in a trance, thanks, in particular, to 'phantom' dresses that fused featherweight tulle with iridescent stripes in a mind-bending maze of miniature pleating.


Fashion Week

Iris Van Herpen's Architectural Alchemy

The designer created intricate dresses using new pattern-making techniques, but the resulting silhouettes lacked an innovative spark.

Fashion Week

Iris Van Herpen's Architectural Alchemy

The designer created intricate dresses using new pattern-making techniques, but the resulting silhouettes lacked an innovative spark.


News & Analysis

Japan's Retail Culture Sets the Global Standard

Impeccable curation, quality products and unmatched service put Japan’s retail culture in a league of its own, says BoF's Imran Amed.

News & Analysis

Japan's Retail Culture Sets the Global Standard

Impeccable curation, quality products and unmatched service put Japan’s retail culture in a league of its own, says BoF's Imran Amed.


Technology

Iris van Herpen’s Science Fashion

Iris van Herpen on the weird wonderland of creative possibilities in new technologies from nanorobotics to synthetic biology.

Technology

Iris van Herpen’s Science Fashion

Iris van Herpen on the weird wonderland of creative possibilities in new technologies from nanorobotics to synthetic biology.


News & Analysis

Introducing the #BoF500 Newsmakers of 2014

LONDON, United Kingdom — Since the unveiling of the first BoF 500 last September, members of this influential global community have been making

News & Analysis

Introducing the #BoF500 Newsmakers of 2014

LONDON, United Kingdom — Since the unveiling of the first BoF 500 last September, members of this influential global community have been making


Global Markets

A Couture Stage Beyond Paris: Destiny, Dream or Delusion?

As fashion's centre of gravity moves steadily south and east, driven by the changing global distribution of both wealth and fashion creativity, Paris' monopoly on the dazzling couture trade is being challenged by a handful of new overseas events with their own ideas about couture.

Global Markets

A Couture Stage Beyond Paris: Destiny, Dream or Delusion?

As fashion's centre of gravity moves steadily south and east, driven by the changing global distribution of both wealth and fashion creativity, Paris' monopoly on the dazzling couture trade is being challenged by a handful of new overseas events with their own ideas about couture.


News & Analysis

Op-Ed | Brands Must Offer 3D Printable Designs or Face DIY Counterfeiters

Fashion must react quickly to changes in technology and make do-it-yourself, 3D-printable designs in order to avoid a coming flood of infringement and, instead, benefit from the rise of 3D printing, argues Rose Auslander, a partner in the Intellectual Property department of Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP, a Wall Street law firm.

News & Analysis

Op-Ed | Brands Must Offer 3D Printable Designs or Face DIY Counterfeiters

Fashion must react quickly to changes in technology and make do-it-yourself, 3D-printable designs in order to avoid a coming flood of infringement and, instead, benefit from the rise of 3D printing, argues Rose Auslander, a partner in the Intellectual Property department of Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP, a Wall Street law firm.


News & Analysis

Dior, Versace, Schiaparelli Energize Paris Couture

PARIS, France — Naomi Campbell not only owns the clothes she wears, but by her sheer magnetic presence commands the entire runway when she walks it.

News & Analysis

Dior, Versace, Schiaparelli Energize Paris Couture

PARIS, France — Naomi Campbell not only owns the clothes she wears, but by her sheer magnetic presence commands the entire runway when she walks it.


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