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Iris Van Herpen is known for her bold statements and pushing the boundaries of couture within fashion. Coming together for their ninth consecutive season, Van Herpen has once again collaborated with United Nude to create a variety of show-stopping shoes for her Biopiracy collection which showcased at Paris Fashion Week.


Making an appearance in the form of the biopiracy boot and the Biopiracy peeoptoe ankle bootie,  these designs come on staggering 7 inch tall platform cantilevered heels. The futuristic boots curve up and around the leg, encompassing the lower leg on both sides and looping behind the knee.


The Iris Van Herpen x United Nude boot overrules the natural shape of the foot. The futuristic sculptured, graphically leather molded boots extend the legs with a new silhouette into motion. The most inspiring thing about this collaboration is that both designers are not afraid of breaking boundaries by experimentation with design and technology.


As part of the show, Lawrence Malstaf created art installations, which developed the impression of models being weightless and breathless. Iris Van Herpen and Lawrence Malstaf experiment with living objects, kinetic architecture and physically interaction through fashion in installation art.


Architect Rem D Koolhaas of United Nude, said; “Working with Iris Van Herpen is each time a big challenge for us as she pushes boundaries with ideas for things that have never been done before. Collaboration partners like Iris Van Herpen and Zaha Hadid give us way for our continuation in re-inventing shoes. United Nude was originally founded on this principle with our sculptural sandals just over ten years ago; breaking the rules of conventional ladies- shoe-making, not for the sake if breaking them, but simply by not knowing them.”

Marium Ul-Haq

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