“Everybody has a secret world inside of them. All of the people of the world, I mean everybody. No matter how dull and boring they are on the outside, inside them they’ve all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds. Not just one world. Hundreds of them. Thousands maybe.”
— Neil Gaiman
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“I think 99 times and find nothing. I stop thinking, swim in silence, and the truth comes to me.”
— Albert Einstein
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Stop telling yourself that the grass is greener on the other side, because it’s not. It is greener where you water it. So take control of your life and start watering your own pastures and grow your own greener grasses.
“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”
— Maya Angelou
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Iris van Herpen
Fashion designer Iris van Herpen has created a series of dresses that replicate the feathers and soundwave patterns of birds in flight, and showcased them alongside a kinetic lighting installation by Studio Drift.
Amsterdam-based Van Herpen studied the movement of birds’ wings to create her Syntopia collection, which she presented at Le Trianon on 2 July, for Paris Haute Couture fashion week.
To accompany them, Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta of Studio Drift created an installation of moving glass tubes that also capture the motion of bird flight.
Each of Van Herpen’s 17 designs combine both organic and inorganic forms, to highlight the convergence of natural biology and manmade technology.
Traditional weaving techniques are combined with high-tech digital fabrication, resulting in a series of garments featuring complex parametric patterns. These range from pleated dresses made from liquid-coated silk organza, to wool coats made using laser cutting.
“As a former dancer, the transformation within movement has hypnotised me,” said Van Herpen. “For this collection I looked closely at the minutiae of bird flight and the intricate echoing forms within avian motion.”
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Milford
“Don’t be the reason someone feels insecure. Be the reason someone feels seen, heard, and supported.”
— Cleo Wade
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Art.