Body, Fashion, Architecture
Hussein Chalayan’s clothes are minimal in look but maximal in thought; his fascination with architecture, spatial dynamics, urban identity and aerodynamics is expressed in garments based on concepts, architectural systems and theories of the body. Chalayan’s sense of the visual is ultimately true to his grasp of the practical and cultural needs satisfied by clothing. Like Yeohlee and Kosuke Tsumura, Chalayan is one of the few fashion practitioners who can be recognized as a “designer” rather than a “stylist.” Many of the creative minds working in the fashion industry merely resurrect older modes of dress or reinvent the basic garments found within the tra-itional fashion canon. Chalayan moves forward with completely new forms, shapes and materials conceived to define space, reflecting the construction principles and notions of contemporary architecture more than conventional fashion.

Excerpt from Body, Fashion, Architecture: On Hussein Chalayan by Bradley Quinn


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