Dutch wunderkind and celebrity favorite Iris Van Herpen has occupied fashion’s edge for years. Van Herpen conjured couture ...

PARIS -- For years, Dutch wunderkind and celebrity-favorite Iris Van Herpen has occupied fashion’s edge, conjuring couture ...

Dutch designer Iris van Herpen brought her new collection to Paris Couture Week on Monday - a show that dared to imagine ...

Fashion designer Iris van Herpen has worked with biodesigner Chris Bellamy to create a "first-of-its-kind living look", a ...

Sympoiesis Iris van Herpen Élysée Montmartre, Paris. 7 July 2025. Iris van Herpen leads photographer Ilvy Njiokiktjien and me into a cluttered storeroom and I shut the door.

Iris Van Herpen Fall 2025 Couture runway, fashion show & collection photos. Designer at Paris Couture Week, July 2025.

The true pièce de résistance, however, will be a “living look” made from some 125 million bioluminescent algae. In the show’s darkened space, we will see one of Van Herpen’s recognizable ...

Created using 125 million living bioluminescent microalgae, a "living dress" stole the show at Iris Van Herpen's Paris ...

Dove Cameron shimmered in her work in 2022. A model wears a creation as part of the Iris van Herpen Fall-Winter 2025/26 Haute Couture collection presented Monday, July 7, 2025, in Paris. Credit: AP ...

Van Herpen, who collaborated with Rombaut on heel-less shoes encircled by metal rings that nodded to sonar rays, said she wasn’t trying to imitate nature. “This collection is not replicating ...

Elsewhere, Van Herpen introduced wedding gowns crafted from lab-grown bio-protein, a futuristic Japanese fiber that’s biodegradable and endlessly recyclable — a glimpse of a fashion industry ...