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Events Enter the World of Hussein Chalayan By Sabrina Morrison Saturday, Sep 18, 2010 / 11:00 AM GMT -5
LONDON–Possibly the only thing more death-defying than the leap from model to actress is the rarely attempted feat of fashion designer-turned-artist. But for two time “British Designer of the Year” and creative director of PUMA, Hussein Chalayan,
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Chalayan’s firs solo art exhibit entitled “I am Sad Leyla” is currently showing at London’s Lisson ############## through October 8. (Definitely stop by in if you’re in town for London Fashion Week.)
The Cypriot-born, London-raised designer first came to fashion by way of architecture,
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Pivoting once again around issues of cultural identity and displacement,
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Central to the works is “I am Sad Leyla” a classical Arabic song about star-crossed lovers,
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