Dutch fashion house Viktor & Rolf aimed to show the "expressive power of clothing" in its latest haute couture show, which featured romantic-style dresses with kitsch slogans. More about Viktor & Rolf pairs delicate dresses with bold slogans in Spring Summer 2019 couture
Iris van Herpen looked to advances in DNA engineering and female forms in mythology when imagining this sculptural couture collection. More about Iris van Herpen explores human-animal hybrids in Shift Souls couture collection
John Galliano's Artisanal AW 2018 women's collection for Maison Margiela features layers of sorbet-coloured garments worn back to front and iPhones clamped to model's calves. More about Maison Margiela's Artisanal couture collection is designed for "neo-digital natives"
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. More about Iris van Herpen translates motion of bird flight into pleated garments
The different qualities of water and air informed Iris van Herpen's latest collection, which was presented at this week's Paris couture shows accompanied by a group of underwater musicians. More about Iris van Herpen explores the contrasts between water and air for Aeriform couture collection
For her latest couture collection, Dutch designer Iris van Herpen created hypnotic garments that distorted the models' bodies. More about Iris van Herpen uses visual trickery for latest couture collection
Dutch fashion house Viktor & Rolf has used fabrics leftover from past seasons to create the haute-couture garments in its Autumn Winter 2016 collection. More about Viktor & Rolf's Vagabonds wear haute-couture garments made from scraps of recycled fabrics
Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen has created a dress using thousands of hand-blown glass balls for her haute-couture collection, shown in Paris this week. More about Glass bubble dress features in Iris van Herpen's Autumn Winter 2016 couture collection
Dutch fashion house Viktor & Rolf has continued its "wearable art" theme with an haute-couture collection of sculptural white garments made from Cubist facial features. More about Viktor & Rolf mixes Picasso and polo shirts for Spring Summer 2016 haute couture
An upcoming exhibition at Antwerp's Modemuseum examines how Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga changed the silhouette of women's clothing in the 20th century, and his influence on today's top fashion designers. More about Game Changers exhibition will celebrate Balenciaga's influence on 20th-century fashion
Shimmering and billowing garments by Chinese fashion designer Rui Xu will be presented in an exhibition at London's Royal College of Art. More about Rui Xu blends ancient Chinese dress and contemporary couture for fashion exhibition
Dutch fashion designers Viktor & Rolf transformed broken picture frames filled with fabric into haute-couture gowns during their latest catwalk show, by taking them off a wall and draping them over models. More about Viktor & Rolf dresses models in wearable paintings during Paris couture show
The expressive landscapes of Vincent van Gogh provided the visual cues for giant 3D flowers and enormous straw hats in Dutch fashion house Viktor & Rolf's Spring Summer 2015 haute-couture collection (+ slideshow). More about Viktor & Rolf turns Van Gogh artworks into sculptural haute-couture garments
News: disgraced fashion designer John Galliano has made his catwalk comeback with his inaugural haute-couture collection for Paris house Maison Martin Margiela. More about John Galliano returns to fashion with Margiela couture collection
Gowns with gradated ruffled skirts were accessorised with delicate head scarves in fashion designer Giambattista Valli's haute-couture collection, shown in Paris yesterday. More about Giambattista Valli shows haute-couture collection in Paris
Spiny translucent 3D-printed collars were paired with magnetic dresses and shoes that looks like tree roots in Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen's latest haute couture collection. More about Wilderness Embodied by Iris van Herpen
Dutch designer Iris van Herpen debuted two 3D-printed outfits made in collaboration with US-based designer Neri Oxman and Austrian architect Julia Koerner during her runway show at Paris Fashion Week yesterday. More about Voltage by Iris van Herpen with Neri Oxman and Julia Koerner