Van Herpen’s work has been selected by museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London for her contribution to fashion, as well as for the technical significance of merging the valuable hand treatment of couture with digital experimentation. ![]() “There’s usually a presumption that the clothes will be difficult to wear, because they don’t always look like the clothes we are familiar with, but that is perception rather than reality”, Van Herpen stated in a New York Times feature. Now she is experimenting with heat bonding and 4D printers as they code movement into material, transforming it. She was pioneering the field when she founded her namesake brand in 2007 using 3D printing and laser cut technology as the definitive tools for her work. ![]() ![]() The Dutch designer Iris Van Herpen, is well-known for articulating craftsmanship with the latest technology. The hybrid approach in fashion started more than a decade ago with using rare and innovative techniques such as 3D printing and digital prints, at the time there were also full research in engineering teams for developing intelligent textiles using technology as a tool for creating unexpected results, testing and analysing all construction possibilities.
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