The Manus x Machina Exhibit “Fashion in the Age of Technology” opened to the public on May 5th at the Metropolitan Museum of Art until August 14, 2016. The collection is the Costume Institute’s spring 2016 exhibit located in the museum’s Robert Lehman Wing. The exhibit has over 170 garments donated from both new and renowned designers…
Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. We all know recycling is important. Maybe we try, or maybe recycling is just a passive thought. When a term loses its flavor, but the meaning is still indispensable, where do we turn? Leave it to the fashion industry -- the forerunners of invention-- to reiterate the importance of recycling. Iris van…
IRIS VAN HERPEN HAUTE COUTURE - PARIS S/S 2012 FASHION SHOW On January 23, 2012, a large audience crowded in a converted 17th century convent to view “Micro”, the Iris van Herpen Spring/Summer 2012 collection. In actuality, this fashion collection of layered, spiraling forms leans more towards sculptural fine-art interacting with living human bodies than to…
