Iris van Herpen exploration and innovation in form always results in the wonderful. van Herpen’s autumn/winter 2010-2011 show was a sublime sensory experience called ‘Synesthesia‘.

In the collection notes and in a back stage interview the designer said she was “inspired by the cross -sensational phenomenon of feeling sound, smelling motion, and hearing colour.”

van Herpen pushed the boundaries with her three dimensional structured garments; featuring twisted cords, bursts of nude flesh, knots, incredible innovative leather work and clever placement of reflective metallics(the gold has been employed to punctuate the black based leather strips).

In the backstage interview the designer cited male model and stylist Jean Pierre Goude(who walked in the show, as seen on left in image one) as an inspiration due to his ability to carry anything off.

This collection maintains that Iris van Herpen has an impeccable eye for detail. Each design is intricate, each almost as it were, a delicate living body.

Labels: Autumn/Winter 2010, Iris Van Herpen, London Fashion Week 2010

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