Under the catchy name of United Nude we can discover an inventive footwear brand with architectural inclinations. The label is renowned for innovative ideas and appealing designs implemented on shoes with the twist of practicality as well. With the increasing number of United Nude enthusiasts, the brand experiments on the different currents of inspirations. For their spring / summer 2012 collection the label presents imaginative…

Iris van Herpen is a young and very creative fashion designer presenting her own peculiar visions of the universe through her innovative, unique work on the fashion stage. Merging high technology, traditional craftsmanship, intricacy of form and unusual fabrication for her presentations, she perceives fashion as a form of self-expression. The latest fashion show, titled “Micro”, is a nod to the complexity and incredibility of microscopic organisms that have a substantial impact into our world. The captured beauty of bacilli and vermin, while very uncanny for many, can be a breathtaking source of fashion expression as Iris proves. Read the article to see the full gallery.

View all the detailed photos of the Iris Van Herpen haute couture spring 2012 showing at Paris fashion week. Read the article to see the full gallery.

View all the photos of the beauty & make-up at the Iris Van Herpen haute couture spring 2012 showing at Paris fashion week. Read the article to see the full gallery.

If these out-there shoes remind you of Alexander McQueen, it’s because they’re born out of a collaboration between Iris van Herpen (who indeed worked with the late master) and United Nude. Each shoe is 100% hand made, and very limited, with only 240 pairs made world wide. If you want to snap up one of the 12 pairs available to Australia, you can head to…