Pure Chalayan

Season's prominence in the Fashionlive; two pages of English Marie Claire (April/00); big-article in Dazed and Confused (May/00).

The nouns: creator, intellectual, artist, architect.

The adjectives: sensible, intuitive, intelligent, genial.

The question: Is Hussein a designer in the art frontiers or an artist who makes installations through clothes and bodies?

Who cares about the answer? Only the ones who won't be contaminated by the spectacle...And that is very difficult.

Graduated at Central St. Martin's in 1993, currently with 28 years old and elected the British stylist of the year, Chalayan states the power of his work in each season, with conceptual instigating catwalk shows. Those that make the fashion world stop! And think...

Look him!

*The site of the Dazed and confused magazine doesn't show the full edition. It just brings the Dazed toys - interactive graphisms - and access to a discussion list.