Monday, 6 February 2012

Hussein Chalayan - Fashion designer

"Presenting fashion as a site of exploration and as expressions of concepts, Hussein Chalayan challenges preconceived notions of what clothing can mean, rather than as garments with only functionality in mind. Motivated by ideas and disciplines not readily associated with fashion, Hussein Chalayan’s pioneering work crosses between architecture, design, philosophy, anthropology, science and technology."
(http://www.dezeen.com/2009/01/27/dezeen-podcast-hussein-chalayan-at-the-design-museum/)

These Fashion garments, made for the catwalk by designer Hussein Chalayan are evidently inspired by technology, the aesthetics of the images and the way in which the attire of the model can transform the shape and structure of the body is something that could be useful in terms of visual observation for this assignment. It's doubly relevant to me as I am exploring beautification and the way in which we integrate technology into our lives in order to achieve visual "perfection".












" ‘Afterwords’  explores the notion of ‘wearable, portable architecture’ in which furniture literally transforms itself into garments; ‘Airborne’ bringing the latest LED technology to fashion design with a spectacular dress consisting of Swarovski crystals and over 15,000 flickering LED lights and ‘Readings’ a dress comprising of over 200 moving lasers presenting an extraordinary spectacle of light. "

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