The Architect-Couture Dialogue Continues: Iris Van Herpen + Philip Beesley @ Paris Haute Couture Week

Philip Beesley is definitely among the favourite architects of Irenebrination readers. Fans of his work and of the fashion and architecture connection will be happy to know that a new collaboration between Canadian architect and sculptor Beesley and Dutch designer Iris Van Herpen will be unveiled tomorrow in Paris.

Iris Van Herpen will present her "Wilderness Embodied" Autumn/Winter 2013-14 Haute Couture collection at the Palais de la Découverte, in Paris. The collection will incude designs featuring contributions from Beesley in the fabric details.

Since Van Herpen and Beesley already worked together on the Dutch designer's "Hybrid Holism" and "Voltage" collections, the collaboration should be interpreted more as an ongoing dialogue between them. Beesley says this mutual exchange of ideas has been a real pleasure as they have a lot of common ground between them.

Remember that, if you happen to be in Paris and you like Beesley's work, you can still see his "Radiant Soil" installation, part of the En Vie/Alive exhibition (Espace Fondation EDF, 6 Rue Récamier), while "Epiphyte Veil", a next generation large scale geotextile work, is touring throughout France and you can catch up with it at L’été à Saint-Sauveur Festival, Gare Saint-Sauveur, Lille (until 11th August 2013).