The Greatest Appears at Paris Haute Couture Week Fall/Winter 2022-2023

Iris van Herpen
To rejoice her eponymous label’s fifteenth anniversary assortment, Dutch designer and famous futurist Iris van Herpen appeared to the classics—particularly, Ovid’s magnum opus poem Metamorphoses. Cleverly dubbed “Meta Morphism,” the seems study “the traditional visions of Ovid’s mythology by way of trendy themes of transhumanism, the place man and expertise exist in everlasting fluctuation, permitting us to query who we’re past our bodily our bodies,” based on the model’s Instagram. Sartorial translation: 3D-printed elaborations, laser-cut halos, and upcycled translucent poly-silk. Mannequin Winnie Harlow (pictured right here) sauntered down the runway within the titular Meta Morphism coat, that includes embroidered ribbons depicting interlocking, shapeshifting faces, paying homage to a frozen, glitchy pc display. We’ve all been there on Zoom.—Claire Stern, Digital Deputy Editor