An excerpt from an essay by Iris van Herpen, curator of issue #13, featured in her chapter of A MAGAZINE CURATED BY: 2000/2004–2025.
Backstage in Paris, Haute Couture Autumn 2023
An exclusive portfolio of behind-the-scenes images from the collections of A Magazine Curated By guest-curators Iris Van Herpen, Thom Browne and Giambattista Valli.
Erdem, En Pointe
Returning to the Royal Opera House stage in 2023, a new rendition of the ballet Corybantic Games by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon revives a 2018 collaboration of costumes by A#24 curator Erdem Moralioglu for the Royal Ballet.
Iris van Herpen’s Roots of Rebirth
Iris van Herpen discusses her SS2021 haute couture collection ‘Roots of Rebirth’, inspired by the scientist Merlin Sheldrake’s book Entangled Life.
Pierre Debusschere’s ‘SPECTRUM’, Brussels
The Belgian photographer Pierre Debusschere continues his experimental research on the body as an abstract motif, presenting a polychromatic vision of the human form in a new exhibition in Brussels.
‘Transmotion’ by Iris van Herpen
Dutch designer an A Magazine N°13 curator Iris Van Herpen reflects on the concepts of growth and regeneration in a short film directed by Ryan McDaniels featuring actress Carice van Houten.