International fashion houses always draw inspiration from creatures and natural life to create designs on the runway.
On Instagram, the Fashion.biologique account posts images of the interconnectedness of fashion and nature, as well as runway designs for international fashion houses inspired by the life around them. For its Fall ’20 runway, Balenciaga unveiled a densely studded coat shaped like a slug’s shell.
A sheath dress by Iris Van Herpen, with metal strips attached to the shoulders of the shirt, bears many resemblances to the color and shape of bees in their natural environment.
Alexander McQueen’s masculine padded dress and oversized tote are detailed with a contrasting black and white pattern inspired by the bark ridges of giant oriental beetles from the Scarab family.
Fashion house Givenchy has created a suit design with shoulders in a unique contrasting color that looks like a mushroom Pilobolus Crystallinus, about 2-4 cm tall.
The bold colors of Manish Arora’s Fall ’20 coats and skirts were inspired by the shells of katydid grasshoppers.
Designed by Iris Van Herpen in layers of handcrafted crinkled fabric with a colorful pattern resembling the scales of a mayfly lionfish. Drawing on the link between art and fashion, the Dutch designer uses 3D technology to create pieces that make viewers feel like models are swimming in the ocean.
Another design by Iris Van Herpen uses a 3D handcrafted organza fabric on a dark fabric that resembles the surface of a virus in the cells of a living organism under a microscope.
Not only the creatures in nature, the design inspiration of fashion brand Adeline also comes from the crystallization of winter snowflakes under the lens of photographer Andrew Osokin.
The eye pattern and color on the skirt design was cleverly mixed by designer Simone Rocha, and it is derived from a species of emperor called Saturniidae, which has eye spots on its wings.
