Montag, 21. Mai 2007
Hussein Chalayan - A Millenial Maverick
maroni, 00:57h
article appeared in Elle magazine
Turkish Cypriot fashion designer Hüseyin Çaglayan (aka Hussein Chalayan) was born in Nicosia, in 1970.
He graduated from Nicosia's Türk Maarif College, and later studied design in London. While finishing his studies at the Central St. Martin’s School of Art in 1993, his senior year collection, “The Tangent Flows“, was displayed in Browns windows.
In 1995, Chalayan beat 100 competitors to clinch a top London fashion design award. In the contest, organised by the company "Absolut", Chalayan, aged 25, won financial backing to the tune of UK Pounds 28,000 to develop creations for the British capital's Fashion Week in October 1995.
Along with his own line, he also recently designed for TSE knitwear. His personality is calmer than his fellow British designers, yet his shows can be thought provoking and intense. His designs, which can be based on experiments and even abstractions of existing items such as meteorological charts, are often minimal and elegant.
Twice named 'British Designer of the Year', Chalayan also won much praise from trade publications around the world.
Turkish Cypriot fashion designer Hüseyin Çaglayan (aka Hussein Chalayan) was born in Nicosia, in 1970.
He graduated from Nicosia's Türk Maarif College, and later studied design in London. While finishing his studies at the Central St. Martin’s School of Art in 1993, his senior year collection, “The Tangent Flows“, was displayed in Browns windows.
In 1995, Chalayan beat 100 competitors to clinch a top London fashion design award. In the contest, organised by the company "Absolut", Chalayan, aged 25, won financial backing to the tune of UK Pounds 28,000 to develop creations for the British capital's Fashion Week in October 1995.
Along with his own line, he also recently designed for TSE knitwear. His personality is calmer than his fellow British designers, yet his shows can be thought provoking and intense. His designs, which can be based on experiments and even abstractions of existing items such as meteorological charts, are often minimal and elegant.
Twice named 'British Designer of the Year', Chalayan also won much praise from trade publications around the world.
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