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aciris13 - Iris van Herpen in the Skeletal Embodiment gallery at ArtScience Museum.


Credit: MARINA BAY SANDS

Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen is known for her fantastical couture creations blending art, science and technology.

PHOTO: MARINA BAY SANDS

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SINGAPORE – Iris van Herpen’s clothing is what you think of when watching films about the future.

So much so that the Dutch fashion designer even designed a dress inspired by Bene Gesserit – a group in American author Frank Herbert’s sci-fi Dune universe – that was worn by Canadian singer Grimes on the red carpet at the 2021 Met Gala.

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