Hussein Chalayan

Fashion combines cinema and the internet

source: Financial Times

 UK Hussein Chalayan, Gareth Pugh and Alice Temperley have all begun using film to create an alternative to the conventional catwalk show. Meanwhile, Viktor & Rolf, Charlotte Ronson, and The Row (the label founded by the Olsen twins) have made films ...

Published Fri, May 15

Burberry celebrates new Beijing store with cocktails

source: My Fashion Life

 UK She loves sushi and counts Matthew Williamson, John Galliano, Valentino and Hussein Chalayan as her favourite designers. Her biggest regret - never seeing Prince in concert! We here at MFL simply adore Chloe's S/S collection, with the right balance of ...

Published Fri, May 1

Clever couture: Josh Goot from catwalk to high street

source: Irish Independent

 Ireland These have been seen everywhere in one form or another from the delicate dip-dyes at Burberry and merging water-colours at Celine to the hard-edged, futuristic style prints shown at McQueen and Hussein Chalayan. Goot created a happy compromise by ...

Published Fri, May 1

Nataliya Dolenko

source: Cosmoworlds

 Netherlands Also I was working with Hussein Chalayan on his renowned ‘Airborne' A/W 07 Collection, which featured movie dresses: the dresses consisted of 15600 LEDS, programmed in the way, that the images on those dresses where displaying a video without been ...

Published Thu, Apr 30

Going The Extra Inch

source: Forbes

 NY Kirkwood, who started his eponymous collection in 2005, wanted his shoes to have an impact that rivaled an Alexander mcqueen punk princess gown or a tailored avant-gardist Hussein Chalayan jacket. Kirkwood says he was drawn to shoe design because "it ...

Published Wed, Apr 1

Quirky approaches to designing exhibition catalogues

source: Design Week

 UK Graphic design group Åbäke produced an accompanying booklet to the Design Museum's Hussein Chalayan exhibition, reflecting the designer's ideas in subtle ways. Conceived as a notebook-style collection of footnotes to the exhibition, with extra titbits ...

Published Thu, Mar 26

Godfather of intelligent design

source: The Australian

 Australia Hussein Chalayan: From Fashion and Back covers the range of his creations, from high-concept and highly sculptural pieces to filmy, wistful dresses. It offers an illuminating insight into the subjects that fascinate the 38-year-old; and for those who ...

Published Tue, Mar 24

Designer collaborations: here, there, and everywhere

source: My Fashion Life

 UK Now you know that that will be one dramatic shoe collection. Perhaps one of the collaborations that I’m most excited about is one from Hussein Chalayan for J Brand jeans. Team the fashion scientist with the sexiest jeans brand around, ...

Published Tue, Mar 24