How wonderful is this dress from the latest Iris Van Herpen 2010 Spring Collection? The unique use of materials evoke organic shapes and movement, and borrows elements of the baroque. There is a similar use of this style in Alexander McQueen's fall collection. Check out Alexander McQueen's show in this video:Now, take a look again at Iris Van Herpen:
Can't you see similarities in both collections? I like this new "organic" look. For the past few years, fashion has been going "retro". It is refreshing to see new styles that barely make reference to the past. I might be contradicting myself; Earlier, I had compared Van Herpen's and McQueen's work to the baroque, but to explain myself further, they only reinterpret the past, making their collections far more unique and fresh than other designers blindly copying and replicating past styles, discouraging innovation in fashion. In the future, I hope designers will be more reluctant to recycle old styles for newer, more unreferenced styles.
Although I do give much praise to Van Herpen and McQueen for an ingenious collection, I hope they will be able to reinvent their collections each season. I say this particularly about Iris Van Herpen, a relatively new designer. It would be easier for Van Herpen to consistently replicate her woven organic style each season, making it an iconic trademark. I am against this idea of iconic because it is replicating rather than innovating. Let's see if she can reinvent herself for the following Fall 2010 collection.
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