Hussein Chalayan
Hussein Chalayan
Hussein Chalayan MBEis a British/Turkish Cypriot fashion designer. He has won the British Designer of the Year twiceand was awarded the MBE in 2006...
NationalityCypriot
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth12 August 1970
CountryCyprus
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Being a part of exhibitions is not a burden; it's another way for an independent label such as mine to reach a larger audience by exposing them to my whole body of work.
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I was lucky I went to school in London because the tutors could see what to do. I knew I wanted to do something different. Why would I want to do what other people were already doing, because they would always do it better? I always wanted to work around the body. So throughout my college years, my work was quite free.
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London gives birth to amazing talent but is rubbish at helping maintain it.
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I wanted to be a pilot, but I was always drawing bodies. When I realised I wanted to pursue something creative, my parents pushed me towards architecture.