This is probably my favourite video ever. Throughout my life, natural forces and their mathematical motions have fascinated me. The waves in water, the way leaves bounce and catch wind, how feathers ruffle when a bird tries to come to a stop, the undulations and cracks in huge rock faces, the vortices a canoe paddle creates... theres too much to name. I wondered how one would talk about such broad and vague concepts with art. Although Iris's clothing was always beautiful to me, the new perspective, context, and value you've added to her dresses has taken my breath away. How something could be so calculated and yet so free at the same time is crazy. The child deep inside me smiles a bright grin. Thanks Bliss, great to have you back!
Excellent explanations of how these dresses are constructed. You are the first and only fashion - media person who actually understands how to apply the philosophical idea of deconstruction to the clothing and probably to other arts as well. Nice.
That’s so kind of you, Elizabeth! 😊 I can’t take credit for being fluent with deconstruction tho haha. All of Derrida’s work flew straight over my head, I’m still struggling with it. Someday!
greetings from moscow.. im going through quite a rough phase in my life right now and seeing the spark of light you shine into this world, showing pure fascination on my fav topic while on the other hand providing me new knowledge makes me deeply grateful! youre having an impact, keep it up!
wow man i really missed your analysis and i love the fact that Iris Van Herpen is taking fashion to a new level and experimenting with different shapes and styles.
Bit of a time jump commenting on this in 2021, but I absolutely adore designers whose concepts are beyond human imagination and expectation. A wee bit more mundane but I do think the Asian designers Angel Chen and Minju Kim embody that as well, was made aware of them in Next In Fashion and followed their work since! In the show they used the concept of a group of Korean divers for ready to wear (I think they used neoprene?) and in general they'd often mix Western with Asian aesthetics which really just blows my mind. In any case, as a worshipper of IVH I really loved this video!!! Her collections historically just transcend each and every season (with the skydiving dress being a pristine gem imo.) Always nice to watch your vids, Bliss!
This is an amazing video, I’ve been totally in love with Iris Van Herpen work, thanks for all the fantastic information , now I’m in love with you too. Hope you reach millions of subscribers soon!
Season 4's already looking good. Would love to reccomend a review on Hussein Chalayan's spring summer 2007 runway ! One of my all time favourites due to its technical and surrealist appeals.
Glad to see you back to making videos, literally my favorite channel on all of youtube, i love you!! Do you plan on doing an Ann Demeulemeester Show sometime?? would love hear your insights on her work!!
you're back! I can't wait for any Yohji Yamamoto show, be it his mainline for men's or his Y-3 line. I need to know if I'm understanding his shows correctly
Ok, its about time you came back :) You have been missed!!!! This show is, I mean... I love everything about that show, and I want at least one of those creations. The skill, the vision and the execution is incredible It is beyond words, and you presented it beautifully. Ires Van Herpen is amazing. WOW She is definitely not the same, but I am kind of reminded of three as four in a way.
Thank you so much!! The buttonup is a Helmut Lang shirt from when I worked there in 2015. I have a red kerchief on under it tho. Kerchief is by Burnley and Trowbridge (INCREDIBLE and very affordable company, btw)
Not that it needs a label, but it does help when searching for a style that might incorporate some of the same feeling. . . But what would this style be considered? I've heard Posthumanism, but that is more Marilyn Mansion or Salvia. Iris Van Herpen seems more like ElfTech? Nouveau Metal? AlienNouveau? I'd love to have the vocabulary to be able to connect with other like minded people and creators.
I would struggle to classify Iris’ work just because there are no other designers that do anything close to her. Salvia is cool af, but it’s all CG. Iris makes real clothes that look like they’re from 200 years into the future 💫💫
@@BlissFoster Thank you for the reply ❤️ Some of her pieces pleases my nolstagia for those gill-like twisted accents on some shoes I had as a kid. I think they were L.A. Gear haha! I just remember it blowing my mind that clothing could be different. L.A.Gear, the gateway to Iris Van Herpen ;)
The day Van Herpen will figure out how to brake all that down into a successful Prêt-à-Porter collection, I'll call her a designer. Until then ........ red carpet costumes. She cannot go on forever using NASA money. One day she must make money from selling clothes. TO PEOPLE, NOT MUSEUMS ONLY.
Her designs are sold to people tho 🤔 she’s one of the only financially successful couturiers. You’re saying she’s not a fashion designer? Like, there’s a definition for “fashion designer” and she doesn’t meet that definition? I may be missing something here, could you clarify?
