Hussein Dhalayan Wears Art On (Figure).

Hussein Dhalayan

Figure 1 Hussein Dhalayan Exhibition

Figure 2 Hussein Dhalayan Exhibition

Hussein Dhalayan's exhibition

Not long ago, Hussein Chalayan, a British fashion designer with Turkey and Cyprus ancestry, opened the fashion exhibition (Fashion Narratives) at the Paris Decorative Art Museum (Les Arts Decoratifs), which will last until November 13th of this year. (Chalayan)

This important exhibition explored the extraordinary work of Hussein Dhalayan (Hussein Chalayan), and the fashion designer Suzanne Frankel (Susannah Frankel) congratulated the shining and alternative design star.

This exhibition has made fashion designer Hussein Dhalayan busy for a month, and relatively speaking, he has been keeping a low profile before. At least this time he is proud of himself and has a strong and confident attitude.

Nostalgia reflects the classic

So far, this is his largest retrospective exhibition.

The clothes that have not been seen on the T platform include Hussein Dhalayan's 2000 spring summer Before Minus Now series of skirt and 1998 spring summer series, as the starting point of different aspects of worship, covering nun and Muslim cover everything.

"It is very painful to choose the exhibition clothes."

Hussein Dhalayan expressed his latest exhibition of works spanning 17 years in the media preview of the fashion narrative exhibition.

The exhibition was held at the Museum of decorative arts in Paris, with the dress made by Saint Martin from the Central Academy of art and design in 1993, and his 1995 spring summer series. These garments have stood the test of time, and now they still look very poetic, rusty and old.

Joan Bostan, the founder of Browns, the most famous high-end brand integration store in the UK and one of the most fashionable buyers in the fashion industry, bought his graduation design and displayed it in the window of her shop in South Morton street.

"There are always things I want to show, such as the Living Room and the Buried Dress."

He said he looked a little tired, and the last exhibition was still to be completed.

A pair of black balloons is attached to the shoulder of a dress to make them float to the right height.

This dress from his 2003 autumn winter Kinship Journeys series, a dress model, bounces on the trampoline, with balloons attached to her shoulders to enhance the movement toward heaven.

Growing up is his inspiration.

In order to cooperate with this exhibition, Dhalayan's book entitled "Hussain Dhalayan" was published by Rizzoli publishing house, which was compiled by the designer himself.

Dhalayan carefully edited his designs from thousands of materials kept in his studio.

He provided an interesting way to see how he grew up.

He has always attached great importance to his background, especially his parents.

So he had an engagement photo of his parents, and his aunt, cousin, and grandmother were exposed.

Every life path of Dhalayan has his own photo: a childhood photo in Cyprus's bedroom; when he was young, he showed an incredible resemblance to that of the 50s of last century; he graduated from the Central Saint Martins school in London in 1993, and when he studied there, his costume style was rock and roll Retro; after that, as a famous designer, he wore his own sweater and jeans and returned to his hometown with short hair.

Dhalayan is one of the most thoughtful and often controversial designers in the world fashion industry.

What he calls the Living Room refers to his 2000 autumn winter Afterwords series.

The series was exhibited at the Schadler well theater in London, inspired by the plight of refugees during the war.

Models walk into a room, sit in a chair cover, fold chairs into suitcases in their hands, and the best thing is that a model walks into a wooden coffee table and the coffee table changes into a skirt (Figure 1).

Dhalayan, with the blood of Turkey and Cyprus, saw his friends and family in 1974 forced out of their homes.

The exhibition and accompanying visitors guide people to experience a series of extraordinary works made up of some magical images and costumes, such as the image of Dhalayan's 2007 One Hundred and Eleven series, which is fascinated by people. The clothes of the models are automatically zipped, sleeves growing and skirt changes miraculously. Finally, the whole dress has disappeared into a hat, leaving her naked.

The clothing series of mechanical pformers is a collaboration between the designer and his long-time sponsor, SWAROVSKI, to celebrate the 111th anniversary of SWAROVSKI's establishment.

Dhalayan used his costume to change from one historical period to another.

The exhibition is a series of glass windows displaying different clothing series or images.

Dhalayan said: "the mannequin allows viewers to spend enough time to watch costumes, and in a fashion show, we have to decide the length of time."

A diversified commercial artist

The exhibition itself is also an art work by Dhalayan.

He is a very diverse person. When he is in the more comprehensive place of Saint Martin, the intersection between art and fashion is very fruitful.

Commentator Andrew Graham Dickson once said that Dhalayan's works are the works closest to modern art that you can reach.

In addition to running his own fashion business, he also created modern sculpture installations, sculptures and films, selling them to collectors all over the world.

Of course, there are also carefully selected clothes from the collection of fashion editorials and T pictures, including New York guest (fashion photographer Richard Avedon), American fashion (big photographer Mario Testino) and V magazine (fashion photography combination Nez von Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin).

As we all know, Dhalayan's show performance has something to do with anything simple or traditional.

And through the integration of mirrors and costumes and the unified national details, language and thinking restrictions, the "one hundred and eleven" (2007 spring and summer series), which has spent 10 years of fashion history in the eyes of the public, is a stiff skirt or Panoramic (1998 autumn winter series), which is obviously similar to Ruud Viswittgenstein's philosophy of logic.

Hussein Dhalayan said with great ambition, at least, the fact that he made beautiful clothes was often ignored or even belittled, which is not surprising.

In the Readings (2008 Spring Summer Series) press conference, its tights are covered with radiated SWAROVSKI crystals (SWAROVSKI has always supported Dhalayan and is the sponsor of the Paris exhibition).

In the Ventriloquy (2001 spring summer series) press conference, the costumes made of sugar glass were smashed to pieces on the central stage.

The most famous is the table skirt of Afterwords (2000 autumn winter series).

In view of its spectacular characteristics, it is no wonder that such shows are so much concerned that they even exceed the expectations of the designers themselves.

"I have seen that table skirt many times," he once said. "I mean, I love that dress, but it is only a small part of our work.

People think that creativity and commercialization will not happen in my brand at the same time, but this is a misunderstanding because we are always doing what you can wear. "

Like the Dolce Far Niente (2010 spring and summer series) press conference, striped loose women's trousers, Miss Gaga (Lady Gaga) is passing on the unconventional occasions, and the printed dress of the Sakoku (2010 Spring Summer Series) conference confirms that if there is any need to be concerned, she will be a rare talent.

Of course, Dhalayan is not a stranger to the gallery.

He only performed a performance show last year at London's Lee son gallery and spring studios.

At the same time, the Paris exhibition also adopted his layout in every instance. The exhibition was founded in 2009 in the British capital Design Museum, and has also been to Tokyo and Istanbul.

10 days before the opening of his solo exhibition, Dhalayan sat in a cafe not far away from his Shaw Dickie studio, saying that this is unprecedented, mainly due to its attention on clothes.

After all, this is a special fashion exhibition hall. The works will be exhibited in a more traditional way, and for the first time, they will be displayed mainly in glass display windows.

"For me, it's good to be part of the conversation in that fashion institution."

Dhalayan said, "this show will be open in Paris throughout the summer, and many people will go to watch it."

But if it is not in time, there will be nothing.

Earlier this year, he simply changed the name of his brand name to Dhalayan and removed his name. He thought it was good for recognition in a large number of brand names and because I liked it.

At the same time, the main line is Chalayan Grey, a pricing series designed for young audiences, more easily accepted by consumers, and Chalayan Red, which will only be listed in Japan.

As a designer, he will pay more attention to the commercial effect, and at the same time, Dhalayan's first perfume Airborne, he thought of its concept and packaging.

Wrapped in an old bottle designed by Hossain Dhalayan, with the same color on the Nicosia coast and the skyline (the same color inside the box), this makes his product fully reflect the characteristics of unusual autobiography and narrative.

"When I was a child, because of family factors, I moved to different places, re adapted to the new environment and used olfaction to remember most of the changes in the environment."

He said his parents were separated when he was young, and he moved to London with his father, and his mother remained in Cyprus.

He continued: "after choosing different elements such as orange blossom, lemon and the frankincense from Cyprus, how can I put these ingredients in an aerial scenario after the aerial voyage from Mediterranean Cyprus to downtown London?"

Dhalayan's relentless interest in flying also has its roots. He said, "I spend a lot of time on a plane like a child."