| Hussein Chalayan was born in Nicosia, Cyprus. At the age of 12, he came to England to study and later graduated from Central St Martin's College of Art and Design, London in 1993. His highly inventive graduate collection, The Tangent Flows was bought in full by the London retailer, Browns. Chalayan set up his own label in 1994 and his debut collection was shown at London Fashion Week in 1995 and won critical acclaim. |
