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Dallas Museum of Art highlights innovative Dutch designer Iris Van Herpen

By Sara Ehlers

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Dallas Museum of Art recently opened a new exhibition celebrating iconic, daring fashion. Honoring the iconic Dutch fashion designer, the museum opened Iris Van Herpen: Transforming Fashion.

The exhibition will be open for most of the summer closing officially on August 21. The gallery includes showcases Van Herpen’s bold vision including 45 outfits. These pieces of work are curated from 15 collections in Iris Van Herpen: Transforming Fashion. The designer, born of Dutch descent, brings together the infusion of fashion, technology, and science with her designs. Known as a “pioneering new voice in fashion,” according to the Dallas Museum of Art website, Van Herpen’s artwork shows of experimental, edgy designs.

Dallas Museum of Art showcases works of Iris Van Herpen

The gallery will include documents that show the evolution of Van Herpson’s designs from the timeframe of 2008 up until 2015. Illustrating 3D printing technologies as well as unique fabrics, her work shows off an innovative take on fashion. Over the years, her fashion has garnered the attention of celebrities including Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Scarlett Johansson, and more. Using magnits, umbrella tins, and a range of other unorthodox materials, her work has made a mark on unique fashion.

The exhibition serves as Van Herpen’s seventy-first in ten years. The installation also counts as the designer’s seventh standalone exhibition in the last five years. Co-organized by the Groninger Museum and the High Museum of Art, the collection will be available as a transformative presentation of Van Herpen’s work. The tickets, which cost 16 dollars a piece, will be available through purchase at the museum. The exhibition, which opened last month, will stay open until the end of August.

Photos: The Dallas Museum of Art / Iris Van Herpen

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