What is Iris van Herpen's middle name?
Van
What is Iris van Herpen's full name?
Iris van Herpen
Iris van Herpen nickname(s):
Iris van Herpen
Iris van Herpen date of birth:
June 5, 1984
How old is Iris van Herpen?
41
Where was Iris van Herpen born?
Wamel, The Netherlands
Iris van Herpen body shape:
Slim
What color are Iris van Herpen's eyes?
Blue
What color is Iris van Herpen's hair?
Red
What is Iris van Herpen's ethnicity?
White
What is Iris van Herpen nationality?
Dutch
What is Iris van Herpen's occupation?
Fashion designer
Short Biography
Iris van Herpen (born 5 June 1984) is a Dutch fashion designer. She studied Fashion Design at ArtEZ Institute of the Arts Arnhem and interned at Alexander McQueen in London, and Claudy Jongstra in Amsterdam. Van Herpen immediately caught the eye with notable shows. In 2007, she started her own label. Since July 2011, she is a guest member of the prestigious Parisian Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture, which is part of the Fédération française de la couture. She participates in many international exhibitions and creates two collections a year.Career Iris van Herpen's first passion was dance. It was when she attended the Preparatory Course Art & Design at ArtEZ during her high school years that she became particularly interested in designing clothes.She graduated in 2006 from the fashion design department of ArtEZ. The department has a strong international reputation and lists notable graduates as Viktor & Rolf, Alexander van Slobbe (SO; Orson+Bodil), and Lucas Ossendrijver (Lanvin Homme). One year after graduating, Van Herpen launched her own fashion label. Iris van Herpen creates women’s wear collections. Her designs require every time a unique treatment of material or the creation of complete new materials. For this reason, Van Herpen prefers interdisciplinary research and collaborations with other artists.Iris van Herpen’s work has been recognized through awards, exhibitions, publications, and her guest membership of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture.Style As an aspiring fashion designer at the art academy, Van Herpen learned to work with soft fabric. She quickly felt limited by fabric, as she wanted to build, construct, and sculpt with the materials of which she created her designs. This forced her, already early on, to experiment with other materials, and later on to develop materials that approached her concept the closest.