'A beautiful gathering of two worlds'

CERN inspired famous Dutch fashion artist Iris van Herpen to create her Magnetic Motion collection. On March 10, 2018, the underground cavern that holds CERN's CMS experiment had some rare visitors: fashion models, posing in dresses that seemed part sculpture, part science fiction. It was a photo shoot for the fantastical Magnetic Motion collection, created by famous Dutch fashion artist Iris van Herpen, inspired by the laboratory's equally fantastical machinery. Back in her atelier in a sun-fil...