Iris Shleuning Research Paper

Iris van Herpen show was such a great experience, yet the best one so far for me, since she is my all times favorite designer. Before getting to visually look at the collection of her, Sarah Schleuning has given a speech about the process of making the collection. She mentioned about the runway experiences, back stages process and more of a personal communication that was going on between herself and Iris, which I think was very engaging and exotic. For her to speaks about the process of making the design itself, I can tell that Iris is the epitome of insanity and hard work. She has declared that some of the dress was taking two to five years to be done, which I think is extremely crazy. As far as not only patient is needed, passion and the love of turning something impossible from the designer’s mind into an actual …show more content…
The first level captured my attention by it massive in terms of the size as well as the variety of unconventional materials. The designs were very strong and tough yet also romantic since she combined actual fabric for bottom wears such as tiny skirt with ruffles and laces. The second level was definitely impressive and stunning. Most of the dresses were designed with fierce and looking stiff. It’s interesting to think about where did all the inspiration for each of the design came from, since they were very creative and unique in the most beautiful way. The last level was obviously my favorite, because they have the ice dress and we got to touch some of the unconventional fabric that was very rare and exclusive I would say. The ice dress was delightfully attractive. It seemed to be so delicate and brittle that I thought I would break in a moment. However, when I got to touch the material of the dress, it was surprisingly not fragile as as thought. Overall, it was such an honor to have eye on eye on the collection and Iris has never disappointed me with her designs. They are just strangely