By Janet Burns, Source: PSFK

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Paris Fashion Week is known for displaying a wide range of artistic visions — from the twisted to the mundane — realized in semi-functional form. A stand-out line in this year’s series, however, added new dimensions to the idea of high-tech wearables by featuring 3D-printed garments.

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Van Herpen further aimed to explore “the interplay of magnetic forces,” to “thoroughly [examine] the representation of dynamic forces of attraction and repulsion,” and thereby create a fusion of technology and nature. To do so, and to keep to her professed purpose of “bridging fashion and other disciplines,” she collaborated with Canadian architect Philip Beesley and Dutch artist Jolan van der Wiel, both of whom explore similar themes in their work.

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