Modern fashion designer essay

His works are described as highly individual because unlike other designers, he avoids borrowing from fashion history. He told Elle magazine in an interview that this is because he was “ never a fashion magazine nerd”. He takes inspiration from a wide range of disciplines like architecture, philosophy and anthropology. Chalayan’s collections through the years had launched innovations such as unrippable paper clothes, suits with illuminated flight path patterns, armchair covers transforming into dresses, coffee tables to wooden skirt, and the latest, animatronics fashion. He made quite a sensation during his 1998 “ Between” collection where he presented traditional Muslim garb with half naked models parading on the catwalk (Designer History).

Far left and center pictures show his Living Room collection in the spring 2000 where tables and chairs are transformed to pieces of clothing. Above is his sensational 1998 Between collection with models in Muslim garb. He has a reputation of a man with serious ideas and avoided typical fashion social circuits. He may be simple in his ways but his fashion shows can always be thought provoking.

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