Archive / Coffee Table skirt

Nr. 225 / 2000 / United Kingdom

Coffee Table skirt


Portable and wearable furniture.

Initiator(s)

Hussein Chalayan

Description

Hussein Chalayan realised a set of portable furniture, including a coffee table that transforms into a wooden skirt, 4 chairs cases that transform into dresses or fold into travel suitcases. He presented the project as a living room set on the catwalk stage. Furniture turned into dresses and suitcases, so the models could leave their stages with their portable objects.

Location

United Kingdom

Goals

It was inspired by the designer's thinking on the wartime impermanence that finds homes raided and families forced to flee or be killed.

Beneficial outcomes

The furniture is portable and wearable.

Maintained by

Hussein Chalayan

Users

Models

Links

http://store.chalayan.com/
http://www.vogue.com/voguepedia/Hussein_Chalayan