Dress
Designer
Iris van Herpen
(born 1984)
2013
Acrylic glass
Museum purchase
Object number2017.6.1
Water is the essence of all life on earth. Simulating water striking a hard surface, this one-of-a-kind, translucent dress “splashes” away from the body. To create it, Iris Van Herpen used hot air guns and metal pliers to mold sheets of acrylic. “I look to nature a lot and also to the processes within nature . . . technology is inspired by natural processes,” Van Herpen explained.
Descriptionhand sculpted dress with clear and hand painted grey to black acrylic, Splash dress made in collaboration with SHOWstudio and Daphne GuinnessCollections
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