Hussein chalayan pronunciation

the past, not deeming it commercially viable. In 2001, the designer

was left "devastated" after Tom Ford - then creative director of

Gucci and YSL - chose to work with Stella McCartney and Alexander

McQueen - rather than him, as Gucci Group's new acquisitions. "We

met up a few times in posh restaurants," he told the *Sunday

Times* in June 2011. "They started a business plan, but then

dropped me a like a hot potato and started talking

to McQueen and Stella [McCartney]. I was

devastated. Tom doesn't even know that. It really killed me. He

told me I was too avant-garde. I thought 'Tom you are so wrong'. He

looked at it in too obvious a way."

• His contribution to the fashion industry has been widely recognised. In June 2006, he was awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire and the London College of Fashion named him an honorary fellow in July 2011.
• Chalayan's work has been worn by the industry's boldest dressers - from Bjork, who chose his work for her 1995 European tour; to Lady Gaga, who in 2009 steppe
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  Hussein Chalayan

  Born: Nicosia, Cyprus, 1970

  Born in Cyprus,Hussein Chalayan moved to England with his family aged 12. Obtaining British citizenship, he studied fashion and clothing at college. After graduating he gained a place at Central Saint Martins where he studied Fashion Design. Receiving a first class honours degree in 1993 his final collection, entitled ‘The Tangent Flows’, featured fabrics that had been buried in his garden. The whole collection was purchased by design store Browns.

  After graduation Chalayan started his eponymous brand and also began designing collections for Topshop, Autograph at Marks & Spencer and New York cashmere company TSE. Chalayan won the ‘Absolut’ competition in 1995. With the prize of £28,000 he developed his own designs for the 1995 London Fashion Week.  The same year collaboration started with Icelandic singer Björk. The ‘Post’ album cover featured a Hussein Chalayan jacket and her 1995 tour saw several Chalayan designs. Björk also modelled in Chalayan’s London Fashion Week show in 1995.

  Chalayan was appointed as a design consulta

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  Hussein Chalayan

  Hussein Chalayan.

  Photo credit: Cem Talu.

  Hussein Chalayan, “Inertia,” Spring/Summer 2009

  Credit: Chris Moore/ Catwalking.

  Hussein Chalayan, “Gravity Fatigue,” 2015. Sandler’s Wells, co-produced with Théâtre National de Chaillot, Paris.

  Hussein Chalayan, Autumn/Winter 2007.

  Credit: Chris Moore/ Catwalking.

  Hussein Chalayan, “Pasatiempo,” Spring/Summer 2016.

  Credit: Chris Moore/ Catwalking.

  Hussein Chalayan, “Before Minus Now,” Spring/Summer 2000

  Credit: Chris Moore/ Catwalking.

  FKA Twigs performs in MOVEment video series, 2014.

  Courtesy of Hussein Chalayan.

  Courtesy of Hussein Chalayan.

  Courtesy of Hussein Chalayan.

  Wallpaper* Magazine Coverage.

  Courtesy of Hussein Chalayan.

  Hussein Chalayan, for more than twenty years, has used clothing as a platform to display materials that change state and transform themselves. His work is characterized by an adventurous, bold incorporation of technology and an ability to address conceptual issues—such as disembodiment, metamor