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Hussein Chalayan Spring 2000
Anyhow, I feel this collection sums him up, although I did have a hard time choosing between this and a couple of others from the same time frame. But I guess in the end, this is perhaps some of his most recognizable works - and for good reason. Amidst the craziness of his collections, one great thing is that you can find a ton of really humble clothing but still with subtle and beautiful details and this collection has a lot of that. The color palette is also insane... I always loved the bri...
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Swarovski Sparkles TV
Original at swarovskisparkles.tv
• Tue, Aug 25
Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan, Giles Deacon, Kokosalaki, Christopher Kane, Jonathan Saunders, Rodarte - the list of designer names that ... swarovskisparkles.tv
criticizes model-turned Kate / Amber Valleta's Monrow
Original at fashette (WordPress)
• Sun, Aug 2
Hussein Chalayan criticizes model-turned designer Kate On the occasion of the launch of his collaboration with J Brand jeans, Hussein Chalayan ... fashette.wordpress.com
Original at Frillr
• Fri, Jul 3
I notice the designer gave her another very low cut dress. ...thank you elie saab! Hussein Chalayan Fall-Winter . : http://frillr.com/fashionshows ... frillr.com
Gaga goo-goo
Original at Taipei Times
• Tue, May 19
Taiwan But to say they were inspired by them may be a bit of a stretch. Her infamous bubble dress is a full-on knock-off of a Hussein Chalayan 2007 runway dress. But to have a young pop star so smitten with avant garde fashion is an unusual proposition. ...
From fashion and back final weeks
Original at FashionUnited
• Tue, Apr 21
Netherlands The showcase 'From fashion and back' celebrates the work of fashion visionary Hussein Chalayan. In response to the exhibition's popularity, the museum will stay open until 7pm on Friday 15, Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 May, with last admission at 6.15pm. ...
‘Our great techniques are happy mistakes'
Original at Sunday Times
• Sat, Apr 18
South Africa This photograph, which appears on the cover of Fashioning the Future, a 2005 book that looks at visionary fashion designers Issey Miyake and Hussein Chalayan, encapsulates their self-described “hypervisual aesthetic”, of “turning everything inside-out ...
Nina Due is new Design Museum head of exhibitions
Original at Design Week
• Thu, Apr 2
UK She says that this could be achieved through holding events outside the Design Museum space, as with the Hussein Chalayan talk held at Shoreditch Town Hall last month. Due also describes her task as ‘looking at the museum holistically’, to make strands ...
Gwyneth Paltrow for zoetee’s: The Update
Original at My Fashion Life
• Tue, Mar 31
UK But with the likes of Matthew Williamson for H&M, Kate Moss for Topshop, Hussein Chalayan for J Brand, as well as Converse’s hook up with Comme des Garcons and Basso & Brooke, not forgetting those Uniqlo collaborations, it is likely that this one will ...
Mediterranean Mood
Original at Vogue.com
• Mon, Mar 30
UK Like the island's most famous son, Hussein Chalayan, another British-Cypriot designer fancies a touch of the subversive. Elaine Neocleous's knitwear label Calliope made a fearless homecoming by bringing deconstructed daywear out into the vibrant sun. ...
Fab's Top 10 Fall Shows
Original at FabSugar
• Wed, Mar 25
CA Some of my favorites continued to dazzle (Louis Vuitton, pictured) and a couple surprises (Hussein Chalayan, Adam Lippes) reminded me that fashion is ever evolving. Without further ado . . . Source.
Fab Flash: High/Low Designer Collaborations at an All-Time High
Original at FabSugar
• Mon, Mar 23
CA “People are going to want a lot of fashion for their buck.” With that said, now is the time to nab a creation from your favorite high-end designer for a fraction of the price. For example, J Brand has teamed up with Hussein Chalayan to create an ...
Hussein Chalayan Teams Up with J. Brand
Original at BlackBook Magazine
• Tue, Mar 10
The Los Angeles denim brand has announced it will team up with Brit designer Hussein Chalayan for a capsule collection that will hit stores in the beginning of autumn, says Elle UK. The collaboration comes after J. Brand’s partnering last year with ...
PUMA announces Changes to Board of Management
Original at FinanzNachrichten.de
• Tue, Mar 3
• 10 related articles
Germany The PUMA Group owns the brands PUMA, Tretorn and Hussein Chalayan. The company, which was founded in 1948, distributes its products in more than 120 countries, employs more than 9000 people worldwide and has headquarters in Herzogenaurach/Germany, ...
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Clever Couture: Christopher Bailey from catwalk to high street
Original at Irish Independent
• Fri, Feb 27
Ireland Maverick designer, Hussein Chalayan took the idea of a car crash as the starting point for his futuristic collection which was full of moulded-latex dresses and airbrush prints. Burberry Prorsum’s Christopher Bailey was influenced by a rain-sodden ...
Mitra Tabrizian in London
Original at ARTINFO
• Thu, Feb 19
NY Hussein Chalayan at the Design Museum, through May 17 “This is the first major exhibition of British/Turkish Cypriot fashion designer Hussein Chalayan in the UK Chalayan’s best work, his more extreme designs with an innovative use of materials, ...
25 years of London Fashion Week
Original at Metro Cafe
• Thu, Feb 19
UK 2000: Central St Martins-trained Hussein Chalayan once again demonstrates the scope of his genius by showing a wooden tiered skirt that turns into a table. 2000: Fashion East launches and has since become one's of London's leading promoters of new ...
New York Fashion Week: designers stay in tune with the times
Original at Telegraph.co.uk
• Tue, Feb 17
United Kingdom Hilary Riva, chief executive of the British Fashion Council, believes London's perpetual creativity and its record of having nurtured so many of today's global players (John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan, to name a few) will prove its ...
Design Museum Spotlights Hussein Chalayan
Original at mediabistro.com
• Fri, Jan 23
My Fashion Life On view through May 17, "Hussein Chalayan: From Fashion and Back" at the Design Museum spans 15 years of exploration and experimentation. ... Hussein Chalayan at Design Museum FashionUnited US News Fashion on the Cutting Edge Fast Company Pedestrian TV - My Fashion Life
Chalayan Exhibit to Open in London
Original at Women's Wear Daily
• Thu, Jan 15
- Jan 15, 2009 by Samantha Conti with contributions from Nina Jones LONDON — Hussein Chalayan is preparing for his first solo show in Britain, an exhibition that will ...
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Hussein Chalayan Spring 2000
Original at inaya404 (Livejournal)
• Thu, Jan 1
Anyhow, I feel this collection sums him up, although I did have a hard time choosing between this and a couple of others from the same time frame. But I guess in the end, this is perhaps some of his most recognizable works - and for good reason. Amidst the craziness of his collections, one great thing is that you can find a ton of really humble clothing but still with subtle and beautiful details and this collection has a lot of that. The color palette is also insane... I always loved the bright yellow and reds, they throw a curve ball to the otherwise muted colors. From exaggerated to fitted, the silhouettes here are broad and distinct and there are some great shapes created throughout. [read the full post]
Art on Your Sleeve?
Original at Ha'aretz
• Thu, Dec 25
Israel - Even sportswear companies are getting into the game, with Puma buying Hussein Chalayan, who is probably the most innovative designer today. ...
Cathy Pill: The Changing Face of Haute Couture
Original at Mode et Utopie
• Tue, Nov 25
By riz(noreply@blogger.com) In any case, I was considering the comment left by The Pilgrim this past week, and couldn't help but agree that the design foundations of couture are changing, so much so that one can sometimes hardly tell the difference between ready-to-wear and couture. I've been noticing a division, w...
TSE
Original at Style.com
• Mon, Oct 27
What is there to say about TSE? Clearly it's a house that knows how to pick talented designers—Hussein Chalayan and Richard Chai have passed through its revolving doors—but keeping them is another story. Tess Giberson designed for Fall, but left before the collection was presented. Spri...
Hussein Chalayan
Original at Style.com
• Mon, Oct 27
It takes an incredible designer to probe the live anxieties of this scary moment and yet still come up with a wearable fashion collection, and that person is Hussein Chalayan. His show literally ended with a crash: the live smashing of dozens of wine glasses lined up along a pseudo-bar inse...
SUP&REM by FAD FIX
Original at Diane, A Shaded View on Fashion
• Thu, Oct 23
By Fad Fix MARGIELA + HUSSEIN CHALAYAN + NUDIE JEANS + PAUL SMITH... we just can think in SUP&REM (in Spain). The Shop of my friend Carmen, has bring us from the Paris Fashion Fairs the best and modern designers to Madrid, since 25 years ago. ...
Has Fashion Gone Ugly?
Original at Fashion Indie
• Thu, Oct 16
By Rebecca Alexander-Saynt An abundance of looks featured odd shapes, such as Hussein Chalayan’s fierce molded latex spikes and Alexander McQueen’s skirts with colossal hips and body suits set off by sharp winged shoulders. Many collections also featured grossly ...
Hussein Chalayan and Kristin Baker
Original at Boing Boing
• Fri, Oct 10
By David Pescovitz The abstract nature and colors of the prints align beautifully with Baker's paintings. And Chalaya's remarkable garment structures definitely convey the motion of a speedway. Hussein Chalayan spring 2009 collection (style.com) ...
Hussein Chalaya and Kristin Baker
Original at Boing Boing
• Fri, Oct 10
By David Pescovitz Earlier, I posted about artist Kristin Baker's paintings inspired by auto racing. My wife Kelly Sparks had turned me on to Baker a few months ago. But Kelly, a fashion designer, was reminded of the paintings again when she saw Hussein Chalaya's spring 2009 ready-to-wear collection. The abs...
Paris Fashion Week Catch-Up | Suzy Menkes, Eric Wilson and Cathy Horyn
Original at The Moment
• Wed, Oct 8
By Alison S. Cohn Did real-world matters like the yo-yo-ing markets, the presidential race and the war steal your attention away from Paris fashion week? If they did, you missed spring-summer 2009 clothing made of wigs (at Margiela), dresses of deconstructed soccer balls (at Comme des Garçons) and cam...
Does the runway lie?
Original at cookie jar
• Tue, Oct 7
By JJ(noreply@blogger.com) We heard a lot in the 90's, as designers bandied about words like 'marketing' and 'branding', that fashion was about surface. It was supposed to be fun and quick and - deeply? - of the moment. At the same time, designers took on more - more collections, more roles, and this elaborate plate spin...
Video: Music Rehearsal at Hussein Chalayan
Original at New York Magazine
• Mon, Oct 6
Hussein Chalayan doesn't put on a CD and call it a day at his runway shows. He uses drinking glasses and some very talented fingers. Artist Jeremy Kost captured the rehearsal in Paris before Chalayan's spring 2009 runway show. ...
paris fashion week: speed, car crashes, and really big sunglasses
Original at Style.com
• Thu, Oct 2
By Nancy MacDonell Still, the Hussein Chalayan variety may well grab your attention. While everyone else is sizing down, Chalayan, via jewelry designer Scott Wilson, whom he’s collaborated with, is going bigger and better than ever. ...
Hussein Chalayan RTW Spring 2009
Original at Women's Wear Daily
• Thu, Oct 2
Like tweed at Chanel or black at Yohji Yamamoto, a complex concept at Hussein Chalayan is one of fashion week's sure things.
Hussein Chalayan Hits the Mainstream
Original at Women's Wear Daily
• Mon, Sep 29
Thanks to a majority investment earlier this year by sportswear brand Puma AG, Chalayan hopes to broaden his business with plans for concept stores.
Fabulous frocks
Original at Journal Live
• Sat, Sep 27
UK - Sep 27, 2008 Hussein Chalayan for one has made dresses of ice or sugar, to be broken with a hammer on stage, or else of paper or bubbles. In one recent collection, ...
Designer Discovery: Yegang Yoo
Original at Fashion Indie
• Tue, Sep 23
By Rebecca Alexander Drawn to the less commercial, conceptual fashion world, Yegang soon traveled to London to join Hussein Chalayan’s studio for six months, and thereafter that of Jens Laugesen. Working in these small, innovative environments, she realized ...
Love thy neighbour
Original at New Zealand Herald
• Fri, Sep 12
New Zealand - Sep 12, 2008 So I think it's a good fit for the market," says Johnston, who counts directional designers Yohji Yamamoto, Rei Kawakubo and Hussein Chalayan as her ...
Puma, Chalayan Team Up - Fashion News - WWD.com
Original at Women's Wear Daily
• Sun, Sep 7
Send Another. Sportswear brand Puma AG on Thursday named Cyprus-born designer Hussein Chalayan as its creative director and acquired a majority stake in his signature... Read the full article by SUBSCRIBING today! ...
On Our Radar: Hussein Chalayan Steps It Up
Original at FabSugar
• Wed, Jul 2
By FabSugar The designer, who was recently acquired by French multinational holding company and named Puma's creative director, unveiled a selection of footwear at the showing of his 2009 Spring pre-collection in Milan. But wait, there's more. ...
Hussein Chalayan to Design Shoes
Original at Fashion Indie
• Tue, Jul 1
By Rebecca Alexander Hussein Chalayan has announced that his first shoe collection will be ready for autumn/winter 2009-10. Wonder what the master of gadgets and incorporating tech into garments, will have in store for footwear. ...
Hussein Chalayan Launches Footwear! Couture Shows Rage On
Original at New York Magazine
• Tue, Jul 1
Hussein Chalayan will introduce shoes for fall '09. Joy! [British Vogue]. • Hilary Alexander said Giorgio Armani's couture collection was "everything the well-dressed and well-heeled wealthy woman of today could conceivably want in her ...
Designer News. Hussein Chalayan Debuts Pre-Spring & Footwear ...
Original at Second City Style
• Tue, Jul 1
By Lauren Dimet Waters Hussein Chalayanhas added a pre-collection for spring 2009 and is venturing into footwear, according to WWD. The pre-collection of ready-to-wear, plus a limited selection of shoes,...
Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy
Original at ThisNext
• Wed, Apr 9
By Three Tags: Alexander McQueen, Andrew Bolton, Azzedine Alaia, books, Books, Comme des Garçons, Fashion and Fantasy, Giorgio Armani, Harold Koda, Hussein Chalayan, Jean Paul Gaultier, John Galliano, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Michael Chabon, Nicolas Ghesquiere, Pierre Cardin, Super...
Hussein Chalayan Creates "Big Bang" Mechanical Dresses
Original at FabSugar
• Mon, Mar 3
By FabSugar Hussein Chalayan is certainly no stranger to incorporating technology into his fashions, as he already showcased a series of LED laser dresses earlier this year in Tokyo. During this week's Paris Fashion Week , Hussein presented his Fall collection, which included high-tech dresses u...
Hussein Chalayan Partners up with Puma
Original at Fashiontribes.com
• Sun, Mar 2
By Lesley Scott Avant garde designer Chalayan, better known for his unusual fashion creations - including a wooden skirt that doubles as portable furniture and clothing that transforms at the flip of a switch - will become the first-ever creative director at Puma, which has now become the majority sta...
Fashion Ticker
Original at New York Sun
• Thu, Feb 28
By PIA CATTON COLLABORATIONS Cyprus-born designer Hussein Chalayan was tapped to be the creative director of Puma, the London-based company announced yesterday. Mr. Chalayan will be responsible for designing, creating, and developing the sport-fashion line of shoes, apparel, and accessories. P...
Puma to Partner With Chalayan
Original at WSJ.com
• Wed, Feb 27
By Christina Passariello and Stacy MeichtryPARIS -- Puma AG is today set to announce a partnership with fashion designer Hussein Chalayan, according to people familiar with the matter, in the German sportswear maker's latest effort to boost its style quotient.Puma, which was acquire...
Swarovski's LED couture
Original at Engadget
• Wed, Jun 20
By Joshua Topolsky If you're like us, you're probably sitting there thinking, "Why don't I have more seizures?" Well luckily crystal-maker Swarovski and designer Hussein Chalayan have got you covered -- literally. This dress was shown for the company's 2007-2008 collection, and while we've seen this ki...
Light Dress: LED Fashion Makes You Look Groovy, in a NYC Skyline Kind of Way
Original at Gizmodo
• Tue, Jun 19
By Addy and Jesus Looks like designer Hussein Chalayan and Swarovski have came at last with LED clothing that doesn't make you look like an alien (not too much, anyway) or an utterly fashion-blind dork. The dress has two layers, with a translucent fabric covering the LEDs. If you live outside Japan, however...
Fashion Show - Couture Exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Original at thesewingdivas (WordPress)
• Thu, Jan 18
By Gorgeous Things The exhibit is divided into three conjoined galleries. The first is what we considered "high end ready to wear" looks. Yohji Yamomoto, Viktor & Rolf, Hussein Chalayan and Maison Martin Margiela made up this section of the exhibit. These are designers whose connection to the "old time"...