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 ChalayanI think the experience of feeling isolated, of not fitting in, creates the urge to explore.
Hussein ChalayanIt'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 ChalayanMy 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 ChalayanI 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