These Iris van Herpen creations show how the designer is pushing the boundaries of avant-garde fashion. After interning with Alexander McQueen, the Danish designer started her own label in 2007 and has since been making a name for herself mixing technology and creativity. From gravity-defying couture to 3D Flower Petal Fashions, van Herpen's designs were created with mixing the digital technology of 3-D printing and handwork. The combination of old and new is what makes Iris van Herpen a designer to follow.
Breathtakingly fantastical frozen fashion marches down her runway shows stealing the audience's imaginations with their gorgeous details. Though, Iris van Herpen truly steps it up when she creates statement piece shoes. Whether it be her carnivorous high heels or chained-up booties, these stilettos are killer.
Iris van Herpen's apparel is truly haute couture whether it is being captured in chic Parisian-glam photoshoots across magazine pages or being shown in sculptural style galleries at the Groninger Museum.
19 Illustrious Iris van Herpen Creations
From Twisted Coil Booties To Gravity-Defying Couture:
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Carnivorous High Heels
Iris van Herpen and United Nude's Fang Shoe is Literally Long in the Tooth
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Sculptural Haute Couture
The Iris Van Herpen SS11 Collection Combines Fine Art With High Fashion
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Parisian-Glam Photoshoots
The Tanya Dziahileva for L'Officiel November 2011 Editorial is Stunning
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Gravity-Defying Couture
Iris Van Herpen's Fall 2011 Collection is Eloquent
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Fairytale Queen Fashion
The Iris Van Herpen 2012 Collection is Fantastically Royal
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Fantastical Frozen Fashion
The Iris Van Herpen SS10-11 Collection is a Crystallized Treat
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Twisted Coil Booties
Iris Van Herpen and United Nude Create a Pair of Hoof-Like Heels
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Futuristic Metallic Fashion
The Iris Van Herpen A/W10 Collection is Intricately Fierce
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3D Flower Petal Fashions
The Iris Van Herpen 'Escapism' Collection is High-Tech High Fashion
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Medieval Fashion Art
Frederik Lieberath Captures the Old-Fashioned Days
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Barb-Boasting Booties
The Iris van Herpen and United Nude 'Thorn' Collection is Sharply Venomous
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Mummified Fashion
Iris van Herpen's 'Mummification' Fall 2009 Collection
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Freakish Monochrome Shoots
The Dewi Driegen V Magazine Online Shoot is Black and White Bizarre
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Refinery Smoke Inspired Fashion
Van Herpens Spring 2009 Collection
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Reptile-Themed Photography
The Ones2Watch 'The Chameleon' Editorial by Catherine Conroy
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Chained-Up Booties
Iris van Herpen's Crystallization Collection is Rockstar Footwear
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Coiled Corsette Fashion
‘Radiation Invasion' by Iris van Herpen is Space Age
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Caged-In Couture Captures
The Swanny by Klaas Jan Kliphuis for Schon! #15 Shoot is Sultry
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Sculptural Style Galleries
The Iris Van Herpen Groninger Museum Exhibit is Avant-Garde
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