Visionary: Iris van Herpen

Iris van Herpen graduated 2006 at Arnhem Art Academy. She is one of the most outstanding talents i know. She produces art, where others just copy the selling stuff, or whatever the magazines say is fashionable. She is a true visionary, and I love how her creations always are very conceptual. The colours she uses lay in the shadows between light and darkness, but also shades of brown or metallic shimmer are allowed in this stringent world. Iris van Herpen plays with forms and lines, with silhouettes and shapes, texture and properties.

And look at those shoes!

And more shoe-designs:

I realy like these... poodle shoes (see top pic).