Hussein Chalayan Biography

Hussein Chalayan is a Cypriot-British fashion designer known for infusing intellectual concepts into his designs. Hailed to be one of the most experimental and innovative designers in the contemporary era, he has created designs that include airplane parts, garments resembling furniture and a robot dress loaded with Swarovski crystals. Renowned internationally for his futuristic and intellectually stimulating designs, his works have been displayed in museums such as the Palais du Louvre, London’s Design Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo. Born to Muslim parents in Cyprus, he grew up in an era marked by political turmoil and violence. His family moved to England when he was a young boy when the situation in their homeland became unbearable. He studied Fashion Design at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London and impressed the fashion fraternity with his graduate collection titled "The Tangent Flows” which was bought in its entirety by high-fashion boutique Browns. Eventually he started his own company Cartesia Ltd. and launched a line of ready-to-wear garments. He is the recipient of several fashion awards and was also credited by ‘Time’ magazine as one of its ‘100 Most Influential Innovators of the 21st Century.’