"Escaping from everyday reality through addictive digital entertainment is something that plays an important part of everyone's world", is how fashion designer Iris van Herpen describes her inspiration for the Escapism collection. Van Herpen's search for the boundaries between the virtual and the real world resulted in sublime and almost avatar-like designs in grey, black and white. She has conquered the world with her iconic and innovative work. She creates pieces of sculpture, but sculptures in which the human body is essential and the catwalk is her most important platform. She strongly believes that the future of fashion will be influenced by new technology, such as this 3D printing technique, Selective Laser Sintering, and is constantly urging herself and others to take one more step forward. It is not yet technically possible to produce some of her ideas, but it will only be a question of time. The Centraal Museum bought this sensational design straight after the show at the Paris Fashion Week in 2011. We organised Iris van Herpen's first solo museum show, Het Nieuwe Ambacht, in the same year.
Title
Jurk uit de collectie Escapism, Look 11
Artist
Iris van Herpen (ontwerper) (Wamel 1984)
Daniel Widrig (architect)
Dating
2011
Material and technique
Object number
31458/001-002
Object type
Acquisition
aankoop 2011
Dimensions
lengte 120 cm (ca.)
breedte 60 cm (ca.)
diepte 60 cm (ca.)
Inscriptions and markings
- geen: (nakijken 2011)
Remarks
31458 heeft eigen kist samen met 31460. Diepere dozen maken voor een volgend vervoer.
Documentation
- Iris van Herpen : scupting the senses, [by Cloé Pitiot and Louise Curtis], (Bulletin : Nederlandse Vereniging voor Kostuum, Kant, Mode en Streekdracht, september 2011), vgl. p.113, afb. in kleur
Exhibitions
- Minding the Digital, Design Society
- Uit de Mode, Centraal Museum
- Ode aan de Nederlandse Mode, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
- Mode, de musical, Centraal Museum
- Dit is het Centraal Museum! Topstukken uit de vijf collecties, Centraal Museum
- Het nieuwe ambacht. Iris van Herpen en haar inspiratie, Centraal Museum
- Zwart. Meesterlijk zwart in mode & kostuums, MoMu
Persistent url
To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: https://hdl.handle.net/21.12130/collect.AB0BE835-5B6F-4FD1-9956-E93BA7323B2C
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