I think the experience of feeling isolated, of not fitting in, creates the urge to explore. Hussein Chalayan More Quotes by Hussein Chalayan More Quotes From Hussein Chalayan Technology is the only means through which you touch on new things. Hussein Chalayan technology mean I have an interest in architecture, although more theoretically than anything else. I think architecture tries to understand what the body wants to occupy, not the body itself. Hussein Chalayan architecture trying thinking My furniture is banal and my house is pretty empty. The hardest thing to find is a sofa that is comfortable and looks good. The ones I like are never comfortable. Hussein Chalayan empty house I wish we could edit our lives, be more selective with whom we spend time and what we spend our money on. To appreciate more what we all have - we appreciate things more when we lose them. Hussein Chalayan spend-time appreciate wish I wanted to be a pilot, but I was always drawing bodies. When I realised I wanted to pursue something creative, my parents pushed me towards architecture. Hussein Chalayan architecture parent creative My interest in fashion came from my interest in the body as a central cultural figure, not from admiring other designers - but of course I love Mason Martin Margiela, and I love Sybilla. Hussein Chalayan admiring designer fashion London scene consists of mostly foreigners. We see ourselves as British in many ways, but not English. Hussein Chalayan scene Istanbul is one of the most incredible cities in the world, and a must - see as much as London, Paris, or New York. It's the past, present, and future, and a city where you never know what will happen from one minute to the next. It's also a melting pot of so many cultures from that region which is so often homogenized by the nation-state. Hussein Chalayan culture past world It's not always important to do a "show," but a live element always works better for me, unless I am making a film that goes beyond the clothes. Hussein Chalayan film important I came to London when I was a year and a half for four years. Since then I have been back and forth. I do mostly feel like a Londoner: I enjoy the Angle-Saxon acceptance of difference and I feel it's more of an integrated society than most places. But this is in London, not the rest of the UK. Hussein Chalayan integrated enjoy acceptance Being a part of exhibitions is not a burden; it's another way for an independent label such as mine to reach a larger audience by exposing them to my whole body of work. Hussein Chalayan reach body work way I was drawn to biology and history and, of course, art. And I loved languages. The biggest problem I had is that I wasn't taught about the connections between all these things. I think that would have given life a lot more meaning and it would be a lot more enjoyable. Hussein Chalayan loved life history art I was lucky I went to school in London because the tutors could see what to do. I knew I wanted to do something different. Why would I want to do what other people were already doing, because they would always do it better? I always wanted to work around the body. So throughout my college years, my work was quite free. Hussein Chalayan better work people school I can be working on a collection and a film at the same time. It can take a lot out of me, but the processes come from the same source. From a brief I set myself I can make a film, I can make a collection, I can make an installation. Hussein Chalayan myself me i-can time I am an idealist, which can be tiring. Hussein Chalayan tiring which i-am idealist London gives birth to amazing talent but is rubbish at helping maintain it. Hussein Chalayan amazing birth talent london If I had to define my philosophy, it would be about exploration, a journey, a story-telling. Hussein Chalayan about exploration journey philosophy I think of fashion as an art form as well as an industrial product - and something that has to be sold well and has to be of high quality. Hussein Chalayan think quality fashion art
