Montag, 21. Mai 2007
What was beneath Chalayan's morphing dresses
maroni, 01:07h
http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/009048.php
Earlier this month, Hussein Chalayan wowed the Paris runway audience (and the blogs!) with five dresses that twitch, move, and morph through decades of their own accord. Zippers closed, cloth gathered, and hemlines rose.
With the first dress, the girl walked on in a 1906 costume, and it morphed from 1906 to 1916 and then to 1926. So she ended up having a beaded flapper dress of the twenties. The next dress was from 1926, and it evolved from 1936 to 1946, and so on. The final dress was 1986, 1996, and then 2007.
Beneath each skirt was a computer system designed by 2D3D. The company director, Rob Edkins, talked to Technology Review about the wires, chips and batteries hidden under the garments (images).
Little bum pads were engineered for the dress that featured a rising hemline and a bustling of the skirt at the back. On the model's buttocks were some hard containers that hid the battery packs, controlling chips--the microcontrollers and microswitches--and little geared motors. Each motor had a little pulley, and the pulley was attached to a monofilament wire which was fed through hollow tubes sewn into the corset of the dress. Video of the mechanism.
Some of the corsets had up to 40 little tubes running everywhere, carrying these little cables, lifting things up or releasing little linked metallic plates.
For the bodice with the zipper that closed automatically, a magnet was drewn up on a string. The monofilament was sewn into the hem of the fabric and then over the shoulder and down the back.
Another skirt seemed to be made of plastic cards that automatically rose up off the body, shrunk, and then changed color, from white to silver. That effect was precontrolled on a microcontroller, on a timed sequence. At the appropriate moment cables released the panels and pulled them down.
Video of the dress that morphed into a hat, then rained down as a cloud of crystal dust.
Boing boing has loads of links.
Chalayan's complete Spring 2007 collection. The Telegraph has a more sober slideshow.
Thanks Andrew.
One of the most innovative and experimental fashion designers, Hussein Chalayan, is to show outfits, installations, photographic images and video pieces at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsurg, in Germany. I first got to know him for his "normal" collections. Then I learned that:
For his graduation collection at St Martins in 1993, Chalayan buried the silk clothes in the earth to see how they would decompose.
His autumn/winter show in 2000 featured models in sugar glass clothes who undressed each other by smashing the outfits with hammers. Other shows have revealed a social conscience absent elsewhere in the fashion industry: naked models wearing dresses based on the traditional Islamic chador, as a comment on the treatment of women in Muslim societies.
Other pieces display technical virtuosity, such as his paper Airmail dress (picture), which arrives as a letter and folds out to become a full-length frock and the Aeroplane dress, a white fiberglass remote control dress with flaps that rise like aeroplane wings before take-off.
But it was his Living Room collection (more pictures), in spring 2000, that sealed his reputation. A range of tables and chairs transformed into clothing (slipcovers became dresses, chairs were folded into attaché case and a round table became a skirt). The models serenely picked up the furniture, put them on and walked off.
"The project had nothing to do with furniture," he says. "It was all about the moment of trying to leave your home at a time of war. The living room was supposed to be like somebody's wardrobe. How you could hide your possessions and carry them with you? Partly it's from my background - I'm from Cyprus, which is a divided place - and partly because of Kosovo."
Chalayan solo exhibition runs 15 October 2005 – 5 February 2006 at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsurg, in Germany.
Earlier this month, Hussein Chalayan wowed the Paris runway audience (and the blogs!) with five dresses that twitch, move, and morph through decades of their own accord. Zippers closed, cloth gathered, and hemlines rose.
With the first dress, the girl walked on in a 1906 costume, and it morphed from 1906 to 1916 and then to 1926. So she ended up having a beaded flapper dress of the twenties. The next dress was from 1926, and it evolved from 1936 to 1946, and so on. The final dress was 1986, 1996, and then 2007.
Beneath each skirt was a computer system designed by 2D3D. The company director, Rob Edkins, talked to Technology Review about the wires, chips and batteries hidden under the garments (images).
Little bum pads were engineered for the dress that featured a rising hemline and a bustling of the skirt at the back. On the model's buttocks were some hard containers that hid the battery packs, controlling chips--the microcontrollers and microswitches--and little geared motors. Each motor had a little pulley, and the pulley was attached to a monofilament wire which was fed through hollow tubes sewn into the corset of the dress. Video of the mechanism.
Some of the corsets had up to 40 little tubes running everywhere, carrying these little cables, lifting things up or releasing little linked metallic plates.
For the bodice with the zipper that closed automatically, a magnet was drewn up on a string. The monofilament was sewn into the hem of the fabric and then over the shoulder and down the back.
Another skirt seemed to be made of plastic cards that automatically rose up off the body, shrunk, and then changed color, from white to silver. That effect was precontrolled on a microcontroller, on a timed sequence. At the appropriate moment cables released the panels and pulled them down.
Video of the dress that morphed into a hat, then rained down as a cloud of crystal dust.
Boing boing has loads of links.
Chalayan's complete Spring 2007 collection. The Telegraph has a more sober slideshow.
Thanks Andrew.
One of the most innovative and experimental fashion designers, Hussein Chalayan, is to show outfits, installations, photographic images and video pieces at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsurg, in Germany. I first got to know him for his "normal" collections. Then I learned that:
For his graduation collection at St Martins in 1993, Chalayan buried the silk clothes in the earth to see how they would decompose.
His autumn/winter show in 2000 featured models in sugar glass clothes who undressed each other by smashing the outfits with hammers. Other shows have revealed a social conscience absent elsewhere in the fashion industry: naked models wearing dresses based on the traditional Islamic chador, as a comment on the treatment of women in Muslim societies.
Other pieces display technical virtuosity, such as his paper Airmail dress (picture), which arrives as a letter and folds out to become a full-length frock and the Aeroplane dress, a white fiberglass remote control dress with flaps that rise like aeroplane wings before take-off.
But it was his Living Room collection (more pictures), in spring 2000, that sealed his reputation. A range of tables and chairs transformed into clothing (slipcovers became dresses, chairs were folded into attaché case and a round table became a skirt). The models serenely picked up the furniture, put them on and walked off.
"The project had nothing to do with furniture," he says. "It was all about the moment of trying to leave your home at a time of war. The living room was supposed to be like somebody's wardrobe. How you could hide your possessions and carry them with you? Partly it's from my background - I'm from Cyprus, which is a divided place - and partly because of Kosovo."
Chalayan solo exhibition runs 15 October 2005 – 5 February 2006 at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsurg, in Germany.
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designboom met hussein chalayan
maroni, 01:04h
http://www.designboom.com/eng/interview/chalayan.html
at the swarovski crystal palace
presentation in milan on april 6th, 2006.
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what is the best moment of the day?
I guess it's the early morning and late afternoon.
what kind of music do you listen to at the moment?
I listen to all sorts of music: minimalist, folk, classical turkish, classical european, rock and punk.
it's never one thing. anything that has a passion, that captures my emotions.
do you listen to the radio?
I like radio 4 which is old school BBC english.
what books do you have on your bedside table?
I've just finished a book by jean baudrillard and now I'm starting a book by alain de botton. I like cultural theory.
do you read design / architecture magazines/fashion design?
not really, I flick through now and again.
I don't look at anything religiously. I like to be inspired by other sources, by seeing other visual things,
by things that don't necessarily relate to my world so much.
where do you get news from? do you read newspapers?
I watch the news on tv, sometimes I read newspapers or radio. I move around so much, it really depends on where I am.
guess you notice how women are dressing?
do you have any preferences?
I like a woman to dress for an occasion, she could be completely dressed like a boy during the day and at night she could become a fashion bitch. I like juxtaposition. the most stylish woman for me, dress for an occasion rather than
looking lady like all the time.
what kind of clothes do you avoid wearing?
myself? I don't like clothes that are too designed for men. I like men to look quite classic. I mean, ideally my wardrobe would be saville row just in nicer colours,or with alternative colours, lets say.
I guess I like definitely, men to be not so fashion-y.
do you have any pets?
no, but I'd love to have.
I love cats and dogs but you have to have space for them. I live in a flat in London so I can't.
it would be completely torture for them.
when you were a child, did you want to be a fashion designer?
no. I first wanted to be a pilot and then I wanted to be a hairdresser, no sorry, first a hairdresser, then a pilot, then an actor, then an architect and then a fashion designer. yeah.
where do you work on your designs and projects?
most often in my studio, but also at home, or on the plane. again I move around a lot for my work right now which I'm not liking but I have to.
do you discuss your work with other fashion designers?
yes, but not really in depth. there's a few people I feel comfortable with but it's quite rare to find that person. I think everyone is a bit cagey about what they do.
I like talking to architects because we speak a similar language. I have random people I speak to.
I have a friend who is a writer, a friend in the restaurant business and another friend who's a curator.
describe your style, like a good friend of yours would describe it.
I like to design simple things but that are not basic.
I'd say I'm natural, quite opinionated and that I don't like to stand out too much.
please describe an evolution in your work,
from your first projects to the present day.
my work has become more and more cross disciplinary.
the evolution is using other disciplines to express my ideas. I've had the confidence that I've been able to, kind of express a world through other mediums. for example I've been making films in the last 3 to 4 years so that's added a new dimension to my work.
what project has given you the most satisfaction?
I don't think I have a project that's given me the most satisfaction. I've worked on various projects and each one is a different experience. our show in 2000 with the living room that converted was a very powerful experience. my project for venice biennale last year was a strong experience. the one before that called place to passage, which we toured with, was a film.
my collections are always challenging and I get a lot out of them. all the projects have a different impact on me. I make a real effort to push myself as far as possible with each one.
who would you like to design something for?
I would love it if kate bush (the musician) came to me because her world has been so inspiring to me.
(I mean she's such a sort of... she isolates herself from situations... I don't think that would happen... but someone like that would be amazing to design for... because of her work.)
is there any designer and/or architect from the past,
you appreciate a lot?
I like parts of what balenciaga does and parts of
comme de garcons house. I like their approach but it doesn't mean I love every collection. I think the masters of the 60s were amazing like the old balenciaga, the old pierre cardin, the old courrèges.
in this era anything goes. they were real masters and
in a way, we're just ... everybody is just doing kind of ...regurgitating what they've done. it's about juxtaposing everything that you wouldn't have seen
together in the past. I like quite a few architects: renzo piano, jean nouvel, parts of zaha hadid, rem koolhaas and mies van der rohe, alvar aalto and le corbusier. quite broad, but again, parts of what they do.
what advice would you give to the young ?
I would advise young designers to get experience before they approach their own thing. you don't have to have your own label to succeed. you could have a part in an interesting group. the important thing in the design world is to be always thinking of something that isn't already done. otherwise, the ones that are doing it will do it better than you. also, opening to yourself to sort of other things that can inspire design rather than looking at design constantly. you have to expose yourself to other worlds to keep your mind more active.
what are you afraid of regarding the future?
oh, politics. I think it's destroying everything.
misunderstandings... like cyclical misunderstandings...
that one thing is leading to another, that's what I am really sacred of. I think definitely abuse of power is the scariest thing and ignorance and demonizing what you don't know.
at the swarovski crystal palace
presentation in milan on april 6th, 2006.
--------------------------------------------
what is the best moment of the day?
I guess it's the early morning and late afternoon.
what kind of music do you listen to at the moment?
I listen to all sorts of music: minimalist, folk, classical turkish, classical european, rock and punk.
it's never one thing. anything that has a passion, that captures my emotions.
do you listen to the radio?
I like radio 4 which is old school BBC english.
what books do you have on your bedside table?
I've just finished a book by jean baudrillard and now I'm starting a book by alain de botton. I like cultural theory.
do you read design / architecture magazines/fashion design?
not really, I flick through now and again.
I don't look at anything religiously. I like to be inspired by other sources, by seeing other visual things,
by things that don't necessarily relate to my world so much.
where do you get news from? do you read newspapers?
I watch the news on tv, sometimes I read newspapers or radio. I move around so much, it really depends on where I am.
guess you notice how women are dressing?
do you have any preferences?
I like a woman to dress for an occasion, she could be completely dressed like a boy during the day and at night she could become a fashion bitch. I like juxtaposition. the most stylish woman for me, dress for an occasion rather than
looking lady like all the time.
what kind of clothes do you avoid wearing?
myself? I don't like clothes that are too designed for men. I like men to look quite classic. I mean, ideally my wardrobe would be saville row just in nicer colours,or with alternative colours, lets say.
I guess I like definitely, men to be not so fashion-y.
do you have any pets?
no, but I'd love to have.
I love cats and dogs but you have to have space for them. I live in a flat in London so I can't.
it would be completely torture for them.
when you were a child, did you want to be a fashion designer?
no. I first wanted to be a pilot and then I wanted to be a hairdresser, no sorry, first a hairdresser, then a pilot, then an actor, then an architect and then a fashion designer. yeah.
where do you work on your designs and projects?
most often in my studio, but also at home, or on the plane. again I move around a lot for my work right now which I'm not liking but I have to.
do you discuss your work with other fashion designers?
yes, but not really in depth. there's a few people I feel comfortable with but it's quite rare to find that person. I think everyone is a bit cagey about what they do.
I like talking to architects because we speak a similar language. I have random people I speak to.
I have a friend who is a writer, a friend in the restaurant business and another friend who's a curator.
describe your style, like a good friend of yours would describe it.
I like to design simple things but that are not basic.
I'd say I'm natural, quite opinionated and that I don't like to stand out too much.
please describe an evolution in your work,
from your first projects to the present day.
my work has become more and more cross disciplinary.
the evolution is using other disciplines to express my ideas. I've had the confidence that I've been able to, kind of express a world through other mediums. for example I've been making films in the last 3 to 4 years so that's added a new dimension to my work.
what project has given you the most satisfaction?
I don't think I have a project that's given me the most satisfaction. I've worked on various projects and each one is a different experience. our show in 2000 with the living room that converted was a very powerful experience. my project for venice biennale last year was a strong experience. the one before that called place to passage, which we toured with, was a film.
my collections are always challenging and I get a lot out of them. all the projects have a different impact on me. I make a real effort to push myself as far as possible with each one.
who would you like to design something for?
I would love it if kate bush (the musician) came to me because her world has been so inspiring to me.
(I mean she's such a sort of... she isolates herself from situations... I don't think that would happen... but someone like that would be amazing to design for... because of her work.)
is there any designer and/or architect from the past,
you appreciate a lot?
I like parts of what balenciaga does and parts of
comme de garcons house. I like their approach but it doesn't mean I love every collection. I think the masters of the 60s were amazing like the old balenciaga, the old pierre cardin, the old courrèges.
in this era anything goes. they were real masters and
in a way, we're just ... everybody is just doing kind of ...regurgitating what they've done. it's about juxtaposing everything that you wouldn't have seen
together in the past. I like quite a few architects: renzo piano, jean nouvel, parts of zaha hadid, rem koolhaas and mies van der rohe, alvar aalto and le corbusier. quite broad, but again, parts of what they do.
what advice would you give to the young ?
I would advise young designers to get experience before they approach their own thing. you don't have to have your own label to succeed. you could have a part in an interesting group. the important thing in the design world is to be always thinking of something that isn't already done. otherwise, the ones that are doing it will do it better than you. also, opening to yourself to sort of other things that can inspire design rather than looking at design constantly. you have to expose yourself to other worlds to keep your mind more active.
what are you afraid of regarding the future?
oh, politics. I think it's destroying everything.
misunderstandings... like cyclical misunderstandings...
that one thing is leading to another, that's what I am really sacred of. I think definitely abuse of power is the scariest thing and ignorance and demonizing what you don't know.
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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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biography 03
maroni, 00:56h
http://www.cypnet.co.uk/ncyprus/culture/mofa/design/chalayan
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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about the designer...
maroni, 00:55h
http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/hc.html
one of the most innovative, experimental and conceptual fashion designers of the present is hussein chalayan. over the past ten years the turkish-cypriot designer - born 1970 in nicosia - has produced more than twenty collections.
the most important projects are shown in his first major solo exhibition in form of garments, installations, photographs and videos.
his work often concentrates on cultural or socio-political themes, reflecting chalayan’s personal history as someone whose identity is shaped by different cultures.
he takes his inspiration from a wide range of different
disciplines such as architecture, philosophy and anthropology. chalayan is a designer with the heart of an artist and with the brain of a scientist.
in 1993 hussein chalayan graduated from london's central st martins college of art and design with a sensational presentation of garments he buried in the earth before to see how they would decompose.
the twice-crowned british designer of the year became famous in fashion by using unconventional materials and unorthodox techniques - putting the creative process itself on view.
blown-up skirts, armchair covers which transform into
dresses, chairs into suitcases, a coffee table reveals itself to be a wooden skirt... this and more will give you an idea how chalayan uses fashion as a medium for expression.
since 2001 he has presented his collections at the prêt-à-porter runway shows during paris fashion week.
in 2002 chalayan established his first menswear collection.
this opened him the doors to numerous international exhibitions, including ‘radical fashion’ at the V&A victoria & albert museum in london, ‘fashion’ at the kyoto costume institute in japan, ‘airmail clothing’ at the musée de la mode palais du louvre in paris and
the istanbul biennial.
one of the most innovative, experimental and conceptual fashion designers of the present is hussein chalayan. over the past ten years the turkish-cypriot designer - born 1970 in nicosia - has produced more than twenty collections.
the most important projects are shown in his first major solo exhibition in form of garments, installations, photographs and videos.
his work often concentrates on cultural or socio-political themes, reflecting chalayan’s personal history as someone whose identity is shaped by different cultures.
he takes his inspiration from a wide range of different
disciplines such as architecture, philosophy and anthropology. chalayan is a designer with the heart of an artist and with the brain of a scientist.
in 1993 hussein chalayan graduated from london's central st martins college of art and design with a sensational presentation of garments he buried in the earth before to see how they would decompose.
the twice-crowned british designer of the year became famous in fashion by using unconventional materials and unorthodox techniques - putting the creative process itself on view.
blown-up skirts, armchair covers which transform into
dresses, chairs into suitcases, a coffee table reveals itself to be a wooden skirt... this and more will give you an idea how chalayan uses fashion as a medium for expression.
since 2001 he has presented his collections at the prêt-à-porter runway shows during paris fashion week.
in 2002 chalayan established his first menswear collection.
this opened him the doors to numerous international exhibitions, including ‘radical fashion’ at the V&A victoria & albert museum in london, ‘fashion’ at the kyoto costume institute in japan, ‘airmail clothing’ at the musée de la mode palais du louvre in paris and
the istanbul biennial.
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biography 02
maroni, 00:41h
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussein_Chalayan
Hussein Chalayan MBE (or, in keeping with the original spelling of his name, Hüseyin Çağlayan) (born 1970) is a British/Turkish Cypriot fashion designer.
He was born in Nicosia (Lefkoşa in Turkish) in 1970. He graduated from the Turkish Maarif College of his hometown, and his family having moved to England in 1982, obtained British citizenship 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. He remains highly innovative and active, busy and present in various centers of the fashion business, especially in London and İstanbul, the last being the hometown of yet another famous name in the business, Rıfat Özbek.
Chalayan was created a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) on 17 June 2006.
His father, Ata, runs the Park House Guest House in Warwick.
Selected exhibitions where his work has been presented
2005, The firts large-scale solo exhibition. "Hussein Chalayan: Autumn/Winter 2005", The Groninger Museum, The Netherlands(17.04.2005-04.09.2005)
2005: 51st International Venice Biennale (representing Turkey)
Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe (2004)
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (2003)
Victoria & Albert Museum, London (2001)
F.I.T., New York (2001)
7th International Istanbul Biennale
Tate Modern, London (2001)
Musée de la Mode, Palais du Louvre, Paris (1999)
Hussein Chalayan MBE (or, in keeping with the original spelling of his name, Hüseyin Çağlayan) (born 1970) is a British/Turkish Cypriot fashion designer.
He was born in Nicosia (Lefkoşa in Turkish) in 1970. He graduated from the Turkish Maarif College of his hometown, and his family having moved to England in 1982, obtained British citizenship 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. He remains highly innovative and active, busy and present in various centers of the fashion business, especially in London and İstanbul, the last being the hometown of yet another famous name in the business, Rıfat Özbek.
Chalayan was created a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) on 17 June 2006.
His father, Ata, runs the Park House Guest House in Warwick.
Selected exhibitions where his work has been presented
2005, The firts large-scale solo exhibition. "Hussein Chalayan: Autumn/Winter 2005", The Groninger Museum, The Netherlands(17.04.2005-04.09.2005)
2005: 51st International Venice Biennale (representing Turkey)
Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe (2004)
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (2003)
Victoria & Albert Museum, London (2001)
F.I.T., New York (2001)
7th International Istanbul Biennale
Tate Modern, London (2001)
Musée de la Mode, Palais du Louvre, Paris (1999)
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biography 01
maroni, 00:39h
http://www.husseinchalayan.com/biography.php
Hussein Chalayan was born in Nicosia, Cyprus and was educated both in Cyprus and England.
1993
Graduated Central Saint Martins BA (Honours) degree in Fashion
1997
Talk at the Tate Gallery on the parallels between fashion, art and architecture with Zaha Hadid and Michael Bracewell
1998
Current/See: Michael Clark Company, costume design
1999
Handel's Messiah, directed by Eric Fraad, John Jay College Theatre, New York, costume design
2000
Appointed Creative Director of Asprey
2001
C Magazine launch, curated and edited by Hussein Chalayan
2003
Temporal Meditations Spring/Summer 2004 Mens Collection, short film directed by Hussein Chalayan, screened at Pitti Uomo, Florence and Palais du Tokyo, Paris
Place to Passage, short film directed by Hussein Chalayan, screened at The Truman Brewery, London
2004
Opening Hussein Chalayan Shop, Daikanyama, Tokyo
Place to Passage, screening Project 4 L Museum, Istanbul
Place/Non-Place, airport event, Heathrow, London
Place to Passage, sceening Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva Anaesthetics, short film directed by Hussein Chalayan, screened at Fashination, Moderna Museet, Stockholm and 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
2005
Place to Passage (installation), Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Place to Passage, Cano Studios, Madrid
Anaesthetics, Jaeso von Puttkamer Gallery, Berlin
2006
Hussein Chalayan awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2006
Compassion Fatigue – short film directed by Hussein Chalayan, screened at Garanti Galeri, Istanbul
Runway Rocks collaboration piece with Swarovski
Absent Presence – short film directed by Hussein Chalayan, screene a the Venice Biennale
as the main representation for the Turkish Pavilion.
Hussein Chalayan was born in Nicosia, Cyprus and was educated both in Cyprus and England.
1993
Graduated Central Saint Martins BA (Honours) degree in Fashion
1997
Talk at the Tate Gallery on the parallels between fashion, art and architecture with Zaha Hadid and Michael Bracewell
1998
Current/See: Michael Clark Company, costume design
1999
Handel's Messiah, directed by Eric Fraad, John Jay College Theatre, New York, costume design
2000
Appointed Creative Director of Asprey
2001
C Magazine launch, curated and edited by Hussein Chalayan
2003
Temporal Meditations Spring/Summer 2004 Mens Collection, short film directed by Hussein Chalayan, screened at Pitti Uomo, Florence and Palais du Tokyo, Paris
Place to Passage, short film directed by Hussein Chalayan, screened at The Truman Brewery, London
2004
Opening Hussein Chalayan Shop, Daikanyama, Tokyo
Place to Passage, screening Project 4 L Museum, Istanbul
Place/Non-Place, airport event, Heathrow, London
Place to Passage, sceening Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva Anaesthetics, short film directed by Hussein Chalayan, screened at Fashination, Moderna Museet, Stockholm and 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
2005
Place to Passage (installation), Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Place to Passage, Cano Studios, Madrid
Anaesthetics, Jaeso von Puttkamer Gallery, Berlin
2006
Hussein Chalayan awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2006
Compassion Fatigue – short film directed by Hussein Chalayan, screened at Garanti Galeri, Istanbul
Runway Rocks collaboration piece with Swarovski
Absent Presence – short film directed by Hussein Chalayan, screene a the Venice Biennale
as the main representation for the Turkish Pavilion.
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