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In “Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion,” the High Museum of Art spotlights the work of the visionary Dutch designer in the museum’s first-ever fashion exhibition.

Avant-garde Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen's future-shock high tech designs will be featured in a highly anticipated solo show at the High Museum beginning in November. Photo credit: Copyright Michel Zoeter

"Biopiracy" (2014) by Iris van Herpen, whose high-tech, radical fashion designs worn by iconoclastic celebrities like Bjork and Lady Gaga are featured at the High Museum of Art. Photo: Michel Zoeter

"Hybrid Holism" by avant-garde Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen from her July 2012 collection. Photo: Michel Zoeter

Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen is known for her technology-informed avant-garde designs, featured in the first fashion exhibition at the High Museum of Art. Photo credit: Bradly Dunn Klerks/High Museum of Art

"Wilderness Embodied" (2013) by Iris van Herpen. Photo: Michel Zoeter

"Chemical Crows" is a dress created with children's umbrellas and cow leather by avant-garde Dutch designer Iris van Herpen. Image credit:Photo by Bart Oomes, No 6 Studios. Iris van Herpen

"Magnetic Motion" from September 2014, designed by Iris van Herpen. Photo credit: Photo by Bart Oomes, No 6 Studios. Iris van Herpen.

Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen is the subject of a High Museum exhibition spotlighting her designs from 2008 to 2015 including "Refinery Smoke" from July 2008. Image credit: Photo by Bart Oomes, No 6 Studios. Iris van Herpen.

Iris van Herpen's "Radiation Invasion" in faux leather, gold foil, cotton and tulle, from September 2009. Image credit: Photo by Bart Oomes, No 6 Studios. Iris van Herpen.

IVH Group CEO Bradly Dunn Klerks, right, talks to Tijana Lehtikoski about a piece from the Voltage collection by designer Iris van Herpen at the High Museum's new exhibit, "Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion,"Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, in Atlanta. The exhibit, running through May 15, shows the evolution of van Herpen's design from collections created from 2008 through 2015. Van Herpen is known for creating high-tech fabrics and fashions that combine materials like steel and silk with everyday objects like magnets and umbrella parts. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

A dress from the Crystallization collection by designer Iris van Herpen is displayed at the High Museum's new exhibit, "Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion,"Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, in Atlanta. The exhibit, running through May 15, shows the evolution of van Herpen's design from collections created from 2008 through 2015. Van Herpen is known for creating high-tech fabrics and fashions that combine materials like steel and silk with everyday objects like magnets and umbrella parts. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

3D-printed shoes created by designer Iris van Herpen sit on display at the High Museum's new exhibit, "Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion," Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, in Atlanta. The exhibit, running through May 15, shows the evolution of van Herpen's design from collections created from 2008 through 2015. Van Herpen is known for creating high-tech fabrics and fashions that combine materials like steel and silk with everyday objects like magnets and umbrella parts. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

Dresses from the Voltage collection by designer Iris van Herpen sit on display at the High Museum's new exhibit, "Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion," Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, in Atlanta. The exhibit, running through May 15, shows the evolution of van Herpen's design from collections created from 2008 through 2015. Van Herpen is known for creating high-tech fabrics and fashions that combine materials like steel and silk with everyday objects like magnets and umbrella parts. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

A museum worker inspects a dress from the Hybrid Holism collection by designer Iris van Herpen at the High Museum's new exhibit, "Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion," Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, in Atlanta. The exhibit, running through May 15, shows the evolution of van Herpen's design from collections created from 2008 through 2015. Van Herpen is known for creating high-tech fabrics and fashions that combine materials like steel and silk with everyday objects like magnets and umbrella parts. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

Designer Iris van Herpen talks to visitors at the High Museum's new exhibit, "Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion," Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, in Atlanta. The exhibit, running through May 15, shows the evolution of van Herpen's design from collections created from 2008 through 2015. Van Herpen is known for creating high-tech fabrics and fashions that combine materials like steel and silk with everyday objects like magnets and umbrella parts. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

A dress from the Voltage collection by designer Iris van Herpen is displayed at the High Museum's new exhibit, "Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion," Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, in Atlanta. The exhibit, running through May 15, shows the evolution of van Herpen's design from collections created from 2008 through 2015. Van Herpen is known for creating high-tech fabrics and fashions that combine materials like steel and silk with everyday objects like magnets and umbrella parts. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

Dresses from the Chemical Crows collection by designer Iris van Herpen are displayed at the High Museum's new exhibit, "Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion,"Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, in Atlanta. The exhibit, running through May 15, shows the evolution of van Herpen's design from collections created from 2008 through 2015. Van Herpen is known for creating high-tech fabrics and fashions that combine materials like steel and silk with everyday objects like magnets and umbrella parts. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

Dresses from the Refinery Smoke collection by designer Iris van Herpen are displayed at the High Museum's new exhibit, "Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion,"Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, in Atlanta. The exhibit, running through May 15, shows the evolution of van Herpen's design from collections created from 2008 through 2015. Van Herpen is known for creating high-tech fabrics and fashions that combine materials like steel and silk with everyday objects like magnets and umbrella parts. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

A dress from the Wilderness Embodied collection by designer Iris van Herpen is displayed at the High Museum's new exhibit, "Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion," Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, in Atlanta. The exhibit, running through May 15, shows the evolution of van Herpen's design from collections created from 2008 through 2015. Van Herpen is known for creating high-tech fabrics and fashions that combine materials like steel and silk with everyday objects like magnets and umbrella parts. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

A museum worker inspects a dress from the Hybrid Holism collection by designer Iris van Herpen at the High Museum's new exhibit, "Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion," Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, in Atlanta. The exhibit, running through May 15, shows the evolution of van Herpen's design from collections created from 2008 through 2015. Van Herpen is known for creating high-tech fabrics and fashions that combine materials like steel and silk with everyday objects like magnets and umbrella parts. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

A dress from the Micro collection by designer Iris van Herpen is displayed at the High Museum's new exhibit, "Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion," Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, in Atlanta. The exhibit, running through May 15, shows the evolution of van Herpen's design from collections created from 2008 through 2015. Van Herpen is known for creating high-tech fabrics and fashions that combine materials like steel and silk with everyday objects like magnets and umbrella parts. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

A 3D-printed top and skirt from the Crystallization collection by designer Iris van Herpen is displayed at the High Museum's new exhibit, "Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion," Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, in Atlanta. The exhibit, running through May 15, shows the evolution of van Herpen's design from collections created from 2008 through 2015. Van Herpen is known for creating high-tech fabrics and fashions that combine materials like steel and silk with everyday objects like magnets and umbrella parts. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

Dresses the from the Mummification collection by designer Iris van Herpen are displayed at the High Museum's new exhibit, "Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion," Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, in Atlanta. The exhibit, running through May 15, shows the evolution of van Herpen's design from collections created from 2008 through 2015. Van Herpen is known for creating high-tech fabrics and fashions that combine materials like steel and silk with everyday objects like magnets and umbrella parts. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

A dress from the Voltage collection by designer Iris van Herpen is displayed at the High Museum's new exhibit, "Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion," Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, in Atlanta. The exhibit, running through May 15, shows the evolution of van Herpen's design from collections created from 2008 through 2015. Van Herpen is known for creating high-tech fabrics and fashions that combine materials like steel and silk with everyday objects like magnets and umbrella parts. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

A museum visitor touches material from the Wilderness Embodied collection by designer Iris van Herpen at the High Museum's new exhibit, "Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion," Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, in Atlanta. The exhibit running through May 15, shows the evolution of van Herpen's design from collections created from 2008 through 2015. Van Herpen is known for creating high-tech fabrics and fashions that combine materials like steel and silk with everyday objects like magnets and umbrella parts. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

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Avant-garde Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen's future-shock high tech designs will be featured in a highly anticipated solo show at the High Museum beginning in November. Photo credit: Copyright Michel Zoeter

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