Gizmodo: hussein chalayan

Art: That Was No Mere Sparkle In Her Eye

Brian Lam — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:31:02 EST

It was the light from 200 lasers, burning out the retinas of all who couldn't resist staring. As far as last-things-to-ever-lay-eyes-on go, we all could have done worse.

(This dress, called Readings is by designer Hussein Chalayan, and will be on display at the Design Museum in London from today through mid May.) [design museum via designboom]

Transformer Dresses Should Be Mandatory for all Hawt Chicks (NSFW)

AddyDugdale — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 06:22:18 EDT

We've featured avant-garde Brit designer Hussein Chalayan before, but this time he's really outdone himself with Transformer-style clothing. Either it's magic, or there's an invisible perv lifting these ladies' hemlines &mdash in the case of the last girl, he lifts them so high that her dress disappears into her hat and she gives everyone a most NSFW eyeful. [Fresh Creation]

LED Fashion Makes You Look Groovy, in a NYC Skyline Kind of Way

Addy Dugdale — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:05:41 EDT

Looks like designer Hussein Chalayan and Swarovski have at last come up with LED clothing that doesn't make you look like an alien (not too much, anyway) or an utterly fashion-blind dork. The dress has two layers, with a translucent fabric covering the LEDs. If you live outside Japan, however, you will have to keep doing your LED garments yourself for now. – Jesus Diaz

LED dresses for a glowing fashion from Japan [Gizmodiva]