Chalayan
Designer: Hussein Chalayan

• “The two-in-one dress may have been less of a flash-bang-wallop moment than the big table and chair reveal of 2000. Journalists focused on their notebooks or Twitter feeds would have missed it altogether. But it was no less ingenious for all that.” [The Daily Telegraph]
• “The duality between concept and commerce was reconciled in twisted work wear pieces.” [Dazed Digital]
• “It was as if this collection was a reflection of his current state of mind: clear, strong, happy and sure of itself, based on years of experience and an archive practically bursting at the seams with potent ideas.” [ELLEuk.com]
• “Chalayan, whose link to Paris lies more in his willingness to push his own creative boundaries than in any historical reference, continued his quest to balance superbly constructed jackets and coats with a more conceptual side.” [FT.com]
• “‘I’m on a trip in my own language, referencing past collections in new ways,’ so said Hussein Chalayan backstage after his rip-roaring successful show this morning. And what a catalogue the British/Turkish Cypriot designer has to reference.” [Grazia Daily]
• “In his many shows, the designer has turned complexity into an art form. But this time he made things appear simple and it produced a powerful collection.” [International Herald Tribune]
• “Hussein Chalayan’s collection was smaller in scope, but sharp in its bite.” [The New York Times]
• “The show was starting to feel underwhelming. And that’s precisely when the models started ripping their clothes off!” [SHOWstudio]
• “Trust the laser intellect of Hussein Chalayan to give the concept of the ‘pre-collection’ a literal spin. The proposals he offered in January arrived fully formed on his catwalk today in a collection called Rise, with a transcendent sense of movement up, up, and away from a past that dogs him as fashion’s arch-conceptualist.” [Style.com]
• “Chalayan has been reflecting on the merits of his own archive, and judging by his latest offering he’s finding fresh new ways to move his divinest moments forward.” [Vogue.com]
• “It was a controlled collection–and whether he likes it or not is bound to set a trend for super turned up turn-ups.” [Vogue.com UK]
• “The two-for-one styles were improbably commercial, and can double as a party trick when conversation stalls during cocktail hour.” [WWD]