Iris van Herpen is a Holland based designer who designed the Refinery Smoke dress and water piece for the poster and the show of Joey Yung's Number 6 concert. It was said that the water piece costs about Three hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars and there was originally two pieces for Joey. However, one of them were broken during transportation.
Refinery Smoke Collection[]
Joey has worn one of the dress from this collection during the shoot of the poster of the Number 6 concert. She stated that the dress is heavy and hard, but the effect is beautiful.
“ | Iris van Herpen這襲裙像雲一樣,但其實重得很,因為用了鐵網做原料,而且實物很硬,令我難以移動。不過當看到照片的時候,覺得再辛苦也值得。 | ” |
—Joey Yung, quoted in EastTouch |
Interview[]
The EastTouch magazine had done an interview with Iris about the ideas of the Refinery Smoke dress.
Iris Vanherpen,荷蘭藉的時裝設計師。曾在Alexander McQueen及Claudy Jongstra門下當過實習生,在ARTEZ Art Academie修讀四年時裝設計後,在2007年創立了自己的同名品牌,曾在倫敦、東京及阿姆斯特丹的Fashion weeks展示其個人作品。其品牌除了有服裝和鞋履系列之外,Iris同時亦有製作歌劇和舞蹈的舞台服裝。 個人品牌網站:http://www.irisvanherpen.com/ 1. 在創作《Refinery Smoke》系列時,你是怎樣獲得靈感呢? 2. Joey是不是第一個穿上你的作品的亞洲女星? 3. 如果你要用三個字來形容你看見Joey把RefinerySmoke裙子穿在身上的第一個印象,你會怎樣給這下定義?為甚麼? 4. 跟以往穿上你的裙子的人比較,你覺得Joey穿上Refinery Smoke裙子時給你怎樣不一樣的感覺? 5. 我們覺得你選用於創造「Refinery Smoke」的物料十分有特色和饒富趣味,為甚麼你會選用這種物料來製作服裝呢?你覺得這種物料怎樣把穿戴者的性格和氣質表露出來? 6.可以跟我們分享一下你近來在忙些甚麼嗎? |
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Crystalization Collection[]
Joey has worn the water piece from this collection during the Number 6 concert while singing "Sing More and Stronger", meaning the "cold water" splashed by haters would cause her became stronger.
Joey's production team has done a interview with Iris van Herpen about the water piece after Joey's concert. The full interview was included in the live products of the concert.
Interview[]
Could You tell us the concept behind this water piece? Jan Benthem and Mets Crouwel, from Benthem Crouwel Architects, asked me to design a dress inspired by the new city museum, which they called 'the bathtub'. As a reaction to their bathtub, I designed a dress that embraces the body like a warm bath. This became the vision and the beginning of this water piece for Joey. What fascinates me most about water is the transformation from liquid to solid chaos structure. The fact that a totally transparent and fluid material hides a secret structured pattern of lines which, so it seems, only comes to life when frozen, thus when crystals are formed. Only then will the symmetry and structure become visible. In one form it's water, soft and fluid as a warm bath, and as ice it's hard and mathematically structured into crystals. What inspired you to create the crystallization collection? How did you capture the water splashing and turn it into the water piece? What was your biggest challenge in making it? Joey looked radiant, brillant on stage wearing your water piece. People were positively overwhelmed by the water piece when Joey stepped onto the stage. How did you feel when you saw it on her? What kind of image do you want to project to the audience? What is particularly impressive about the water piece is its strong silhouette, yet it is physically very brittle. Was the contrast intentional or experimental? (Is it true that you originally made two pieces, one that Joey wore at her concert, and another that broke?) So it took you almost a month to make the water piece. From concept to production, which part did you spend most time on? At the moment, what kind of materials do you have in mind that you want to try most? |