IRIS VAN HERPEN

On 30 October, designer Iris van Herpen received the Johannes Vermeer Award from Ingrid van Engelshoven, the Minister of Education, Culture and Science, in the Ridderzaal in The Hague.

Cara Delevingne shines in Iris van Herpen Couture during the Hollywood premiere of Valerian the movie

Iris van Herpen investigates the nature and anatomy of air, the idea of airborne material and lightness to create negative and positive space using light and shadow. Van Herpen was inspired by the Danish underwater artists Between Music, who challenge the relationship between the body and it's elementary environment in a sub-aquatic environment where air is absent.

“Between the Lines”, Dutch designer Iris van Herpen’s new Couture collection presented in Paris on January 23rd 2017, explores the imperfection of systems and structure in both the physical and digital worlds.

Iris van Herpen showed her "Seijaku" Couture collection in the L’Oratoire du Louvre in Paris, during Haute Couture week.

For her Lucid collection, presented in Paris on March 8th, 2016, the Dutch designer Iris van Herpen explores the concept of lucid dreaming. Within a lucid dream, the dreamer is conscious of the dream state and therefore is able to exert a degree of control on what is happening.

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 technology .