Hussein Chalayan

[almroth]

that's amazing interest1, thanks for posting. i'm hungry for more.
is there more?

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that's amazing interest1, thanks for posting. i'm hungry for more. is there more?

What a great way to put a compliment. You're very welcome.
Yes, there is more. There is always more. ;)

Okay, here's something fun and not in such widespread circulation:
some snaps from Chalayan's contribution to BIENNALE di FIRENZE, 1998 (the second edition)
This one revolved around fashion's inseparable connection to cinema.















a little info

details & more name-dropping here

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S/S 2010


A/W 2010


A/W 1998

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'Airborne' A/W 2007

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'Airborne'. A/W 2007.

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A/W 2008

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The Tangent Flows, 1993

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Not in Fashion, 1996
shot by Mark Borthwick

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SS 2000

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oldie but goodie

[malevich]

can anyone please explain how shapes changing dresses and selfclosing zippers and textile disappearings work!!!??? slight shifts i can understand, but making maxi out of mini and twisting all over the place is just way too much for me. any magicians around here to explain the trick?

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can anyone please explain how shapes changing dresses and selfclosing zippers and textile disappearings work!!!??? slight shifts i can understand, but making maxi out of mini and twisting all over the place is just way too much for me. any magicians around here to explain the trick?

We could. But then we would have to kill you.

[Faust]

I feel so bad that Chalayan has kind of dropped off the fashion map. Such an incredible talent.



1998

[SHYE_POSER]

Ain't nobody got time for conceptual
Designers no mo!!

On a serious note, I thought the advent of digital
Technology would have pushed him to the forefront.
In the hope that he would cleverly utilise it and turn it on it's head (in regards to Instagram ready sets, or how Mary Katranzou strategically chose the exit of each look, because of the way images are laid out on style.com).

The past few collections he has shown have been so...boring.
He still is incredibly talented, and a great thinker. I just wish, who ever has invested in him the past few years, tells him to do what he does best.

Even though doing what he does best, doesn't pay the bills ( I assume the CD role at Puma paid). Saying that, neither does trying to be commercially viable (regarding his recent collections. Stores have picked him up one season and dropped him the next.