Hussein Chalayan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Hussein Chalayan
Occupation	Fashion Designer
Date Of Birth	Aug 12, 1970(1970-08-12)
Age	54
Country	Cyprus
Birth City	Nicosia
Horoscope	Leo

Hussein Chalayan Biography

Hussein Chalayan is one of the most popular and richest Fashion Designer who was born on August 12, 1970 in Nicosia, Cyprus. An internationally recognized designer who was awarded the British Designer of the Year Award 2000 for the second consecutive year.

Like He, like Alexander McQueen, consecutively won the British Fashion Designer of the Year Award. he won the British Fashion Designer of the Year Award.

Hussein Chalayan MBE (/h uː ˈ s eɪ n tʃ ə ˈ l aɪ ən / ; Turkish: Hüseyin Çağlayan [hyseˈjin tʃaːlaˈjan] ; born 8 August 1970) is a Turkish Cypriot/British fashion designer. He has won the British Designer of the Year twice (in 1999 and 2000) and was awarded the MBE in 2006.

Chalayan established his own company in 1994, Cartesia Ltd., as well as his ready-to-wear line, Hussein Chalayan (which he changed in 2010 to just “Chalayan” because of the oriental connotation of his first name, Hussein). In his fashion designs he integrates human body and clothing with technology, science and architecture, playing with the narratives constructed around culture and anthropology. To construct these stories he combines his artistic fashion work with installations music and cinema. This is why his catwalk shows are often referred to as performances rather than fashion. According to Chalayan however part of this perception is related to the fact that the garments that are eventually talked about are the ones that are the most innovative, in some cases even described as ‘wearable art’ and not the rest of the collections that show highly wearable garments.

He was raised in Turkey along with his sister Meredith.

Hussein Chalayan Net Worth

Hussein Chalayan is one of the richest Fashion Designer from Cyprus. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Hussein Chalayan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He studied Fashion at the Warwickshire School of Arts in England.

In 2006, he was elected to the Order of the British Empire.

Hussein Chalayan was born in Nicosia in 1970 and graduated from the Türk Maarif Koleji of his hometown. At that time the population of the island was divided because of the constant struggles between the Greek and Turkish authorities. Ethnic conflicts between the Turkish and Greek Cypriot communities eventually led to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and led to human right abuses towards civilians on both sides. For this reason Chalayan and his family were forced to move to England in 1978. After Highgate School he studied for a National Diploma in fashion and clothing at the Warwickshire School of Arts, and proceeded to study Fashion Design at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London. His graduate collection in 1993, titled “The Tangent Flows”, contained clothes which he had buried in a back yard and exhumed just before the show where they were presented with an accompanying text that explained the process. The ritual of burial and resurrection was said to give the garments a dimension that referenced to life, death, and urban decay. The work attracted the attention of the Browns fashion boutique in London who borrowed the collection to feature in their window display.

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In his collection Between for Spring/Summer 1998 he sent models onto the catwalk wearing black chadors of varying lengths and nothing else, alluding to fashion’s continual shift of erogenous zones around the female body arising in response to changing ideals. The first wore a chador, which covered most of her body and allowed a gap just for her eyes. Each veil became shorter and shorter until, finally, the last one was nude apart from a mask covering her face. According to Chalayan this piece was about defining cultural territory,’

Facts & Trivia

Hussein Ranked on the list of most popular Fashion Designer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Cyprus. Hussein Chalayan celebrates birthday on August 12 of every year.

For his Echoform collection for Autumn/Winter 1999 Chalayan created leather dresses inspired by car interiors to represent externalising speed. He also mimicked aeroplane interiors by attaching padded headrests to dresses This project was based on exploring the relationship of the body’s inherent mobility and aimed to evoke thoughts on speed, spatiality and well-being.

What is Hussein Chalayan famous for?

Hussein Chalayan, also spelled Hüseyin Çağlayan, (born August 12, 1970, Nicosia, Cyprus), Cypriot-British fashion designer best known for infusing intellectual concepts and artistic elements into his designs and shows.

What happened to Hussein Chalayan?

Chalayan joined the University of Applied Arts Vienna as the Head of Fashion of the Institute of Design in 2015. In 2019, Chalayan became professor at the University of Applied Sciences Berlin (HTW Berlin) at fashion department with specialization on sustainability.

Where is Hussein Chalayan from?

Nicosia, Cyprus

What did Hussein Chalayan design?

HUSSEIN CHALAYAN is known for being one of fashion’s most experimental and innovative designers. Some of his best known designs include a coffee table which turned into a wooden skirt, paper dresses that can be folded into envelopes and looks inspired by the structure of aeroplanes.

What techniques does Hussein Chalayan use?

Chalayans shows are often filled with artistic displays of theatre, drama and suspense. He uses digital fabrication techniques to create collections that not only have impact through the use and function of the garments but that also have an impact on the viewer through the show.