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Spring 2070 issue

Fashion Future by Laird Borrelli-Persson
Clothes are only made on demand!

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Future Fashion

Clothes are only made on demand

By Laird Borrelli-Persson

Like a fern, Amsterdam slowly started to unfurl that week as lockdown restrictions were eased, presenting the opportunity to speak with Iris Van Herpen in her atelier. Because her process is so collaborative and interactive, it was challenging to make much forward movement, but her new collection was coming together in “baby steps.” In the interim, the designer and her team have focused on new ways of using VR [virtual reality] and AR [augmented reality], the latter in relation to an upcoming exhibition in Paris.

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Final Shot of the Looks
Final Shot of the Looks

Virtual Earth

A True Story from the year 2049DC.

I’m sitting in my favorite spot. Fluffy, green grass below me on the top of the hill that looks down on Japanese monasteries. Trees are all around and the wind is softly blowing. Just the right temperature at just the best time of the day in the early morning hours. I’m not cold or hot yet the Sun is shining gorgeously. I love spending time here. That’s the only place where I feel calm and my mind is still energized. I come here whenever I can, which doesn’t happen often nowadays. This place has a special meaning to me as I never made it to Japan. Well, I never will...

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