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The latest in a series is finished. New Year’s Resolution is to "Make (and finish) more art!"

Scenes from the shop! Brides, students, ambiance. I love my job!!!

Wow!

Iris Van Herpen has taken her haute couture R&D to another astonishing frontier, creating a “living look” incorporating 125 million bioluminescent algae that she said require eight hours of rest, eight hours of light — and a calm, cool environment in order to thrive. Sounds a lot like us, huh? “When it’s happy, it responds to the movement of the person who’s wearing it,” Van Herpen told a visitor, his jaw on the floor, during a preview of her fall 2025 show, which combined light sculptures, stirring music, gossamer fabrics and choreography to pack an emotional punch akin to David Attenborough’s new ocean film — but with the visual poetry unique to the Dutch designer. A million questions occur about the algae dress, such as, “How long will it live?” See the full collection and read WWD’s review at the link in bio. Collection Review: @milessocha Video: @hey_imlara

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