The 2016 Fashion Moments I Won’t Forget Inline

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    With an eye to sustainability, Karl Lagerfeld incorporated recycled paper, organic yarns, and even wood chips into his Spring 2016 Chanel couture collection.

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    Photo: Courtesy of Ronald van der Kemp
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    Veteran Dutch designer Ronald van der Kemp watched his profile rise in 2016, thanks to collections made from dead-stock fabrics and other upcycled materials.

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    Lady Gaga joined the model brigade at Marc Jacobs’s memorable Fall 2016 show.

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    Photo: Courtesy of Nicole Phelps
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    Iris van Herpen gets props for the giant optical light screens she installed at her Fall 2016 show.

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    Photos: Yves Saint Laurent (French, 1936-2008). Evening dress, Autumn/Winter 1969-70 Haute Couture. French. Silk, bird-of-paradise feathers. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, gift of Baron Philippe de Rothschild, 1983 (1983.619.1a, b); Iris van Herpen (Dutch, born 1984). Dress, Autumn/Winter 2013-14 Haute Couture. Dutch. Silicone, cotton. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Friends of The Costume Institute Gifts, 2015 (2016.14). Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art / © Nicholas Alan Cope
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    Iris van Herpen’s otherworldly designs were a natural fit for the Costume Institute’s “Manus x Machina” exhibition.