Biography hussein chalayan table dress youtube
Biography hussein chalayan table dress youtube
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Hussein Chalayan’s Most Extraordinary Fashion Moments
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In the wake of his 25th anniversary show, we look back at some of the designer’s most memorable runway moments
TextLiam Hess
During preparations for the collection that would mark the 25th anniversary of Hussein Chalayan’s label, the designer found his mind returning to an unlikely title: Pre-Tension.
In the vernacular, pretension is a word associated with empty posturing, or misguided ambition that is greater than any actual skill. It certainly isn’t the first word that comes to mind when considering a celebration of Chalayan’s quarter century, in which time he has produced some of the most technically accomplished clothes on the market.
But as the writer Dan Fox writes in his book Pretentiousness: Why It Matters, perhaps we have its meaning all wrong.
Fox notes that pretentiousness is woven into the very fabric of the greatest art, or in this case, fashion: it’s an attempt to