In yesterday's post we mentioned Iris van Herpen's "Ferro Fluid Dress" in the exhibition "The Future of Fashion is Now".
There is a link between the dress and a limited edition champagne bottle and box plus a 3D printed ferro fluid sculpture - the "Cocoonase" - that the designer created for Dom Pérignon Vintage a couple of months ago as part of its Power of Creation project. The sculpture was inspired by the concept of metamorphosis, hinting at evolution and transformation while referencing also the importance of time in crafting the Dom Pérignon champagne.
Yet there seems to be another connection between these themes, van Herpen's designs and a film. Actress Scarlett Johansson wears a dress by Iris van Herpen in Luc Besson's latest film, Lucy (the designer herself donned the same dress at a cocktail part in July when she was announced as the ANDAM Grand Prix winner; View this photo in which she appears with First Collections Prize winner Coperni Femme). Set between Taipei and Paris, this story of criminal gangs and drug barons follows the vicissitudes of a young woman, Lucy (Johansson), who turns into a superhuman being capable of using 100% of her brain when a new chemical drug she is unwillingly transporting into her body leaks into her system (a case of "Biopiracy"?).
Lucy becomes capable of instantaneously absorbing knowledge mutating and transforming into a powerful creature. Towards the end of the film she evaporates leaving her dress and shoes behind, transforming into a sort of next generation computer, a strange alien-like formation that bizarrelly makes you think a lot about the experimental shapes of van Herpen's creations (including the "Beyond Wilderness" shoes developed with United Nude for her "Wilderness Embodied" Haute Couture collection, that were inspired by the forces of nature and banyan trees and developed with 3D printing mavericks Stratasys View this photo) and magnetic/ferro fluid experiments developed in collaboration with architect Niccolò Casas.
Metamorphosis and transformation, technology and science, nature and time were on the designer's mind, but they are also the main themes of Besson's story (time and transformation are key elements in the film), so it is only natural to wonder who inspired what and if there were more exchanges between the designer and the director while working on their collections/projects and film.
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