Flora Miranda is an Austrian artist and fashion designer based out of her atelier in Antwerp. She presents her pieces during Haute Couture Week in Paris. Created together with third partycraftsmen and expert partners, each garment is made to measure or sold as a fashion objectthrough direct order, following the couture tradition. But Miranda is so much more than just a couturier. In fact, her work is also interlinked with technology and all things digital.
Which forms a significant part of the inspiration behind the recent Phaser Bodies collection – a limited edition capsule of frequency-generated scarves. Each piece visualises one minute’s frequency of the music in the dance piece ‘Xerrox Vol. 2’ by Alva Noto, which is the main inspiration for the namesake ballet piece by Ballet of Difference at Schauspiel Köln.
The 66 minutes of music result in 66 scarves, each a unique generative artwork that visually shows the music’s frequency and relates to the movement, space and music of this future forward ballet piece. The visualisation of each minute's frequency was developed in collaboration with the generative artist Dan Tapper.
Made from 100% silk crepe du chine and finished with a traditionally rolled seam, the 80cm x 60cm scarves are printed and sewn in Poland, with 5% of the price to be donated to the support of Ukraine. The specific organic shape of the scarf can be worn as a skirt or as a top by all genders, body types and age groups.
Miranda has also recently published a book entitled ‘I Am Digital’, inspiring others to break away from the convention and embrace digital tools in fashion, while taking the reader you on an intimate journey through her extra-terrestrial world of phygital identities. Exploring technological storytelling, artistic haute couture creations and visions for fashion software, this book is a deep dive into the world of Flora Miranda, where creativity and technology fuse to form a new aesthetic.