An exploration into “how fashion designers are reconciling the handmade and the machine-made in the creation of haute couture and avant-garde ready-to-wear”. This year’s Costume Institute, spring 2016 exhibition, curated by Andrew Bolton, presents 150 ensembles dating from the early 20th Century to visually represent the progression. Some stunning pieces here of fashion’s ingenuity. See more in the video attatched below, or in the corresponding article on Models.com here : http://models.com/mdx/an-inside-look-at-manus-x-machina/
All photos by Betty Sze for Models.com

Iris van Herpen Fall 2014 haute couture

Left & Center – Dior 1949 haute couture, Right – Alexander McQueen Spring 2012

Left – Alexander McQueen Spring 2012 | Center & Right – Iris van Herpen Spring 2015 & 2016

Chanel Fall 2005 haute couture

Dior Spring 2015 haute couture
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