The architect wanted to erase all forms of decoration by whitewashing, whereas the fashion designer ascribed new worth to discarded objects,” Cockx said. Another telling piece highlighted by the ...

A genuine maverick, Hussein Chalayan burst onto the fashion scene in 1993, when he graduated from London's prestigious St. Martin's School of Art with a degree collection of decomposed garments ...

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whereas the fashion designer ascribed new worth to discarded objects," Cockx said. Another telling piece highlighted by the exhibit is Hussein Chalayan's iconic coffee table skirt from his fall ...

top-tier fashion designers usually pinch their noses at technology. But Hussein Chalayan manages to be equally celebrated by geeks and fashion mavens; he's defined fashion's avant garde in recent ...