She's not a fashion designer but an artist who happens to make pieces for the body. Van Herpen is planning an art exhibition, called Hybrid, that took a year to plan but will run for just 45 minutes on June 24, as part of Paris Haute Couture Week.
This show really is a hybrid performance, there are living performers doing the installation and it will be physically intense. Her canvas is tulle, a shimmering surface to which she adds layers of oil paint, crusted into thick impasto, and designs made from both hand-pleated silk and 3-D printing.
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