What A Man

ABOUT HUSSEIN CHALAYAN

Twice awarded British Designer of the Year (1999, 2000), Chalayan caused a stir as soon as he had graduated with his collection The Tangent Flows (which was bought by designer store Browns in London). His innovative and experimental use of materials gave him an unique edge. Often his themes are inspired by his own history as someone whose identity is shaped by different cultures, his collections always stem from a project which can tranform his garments into anything from art to technological. His collections are ready to wear consisting of a few momumental garments while the rest of the collection is wearable, and relating to the 'momumental' creations.

I was pleased to learn that we had been assigned Hussein Chalayan, although I don't know much about him at this point other than he delivers spectacular catwalk presentations and of course, he created the famous 'table' dress.