Aeroplane Dress (Hussein Chalayan)
2001
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
2001
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
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Aeroplane Dress (Hussein Chalayan) is a 2001 by Nick Knight, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Nick Knight’s print reimagines Hussein Chalayan’s 2001 Aeroplane Dress. This wasn’t just a photo—it’s a layered image that pulls the dress apart and rebuilds it in new ways. The dress itself had moving panels like airplane wings, controlled by remote. Knight kept the idea but twisted the shape and meaning in his print. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum next.
The image depicts Hussein Chalayan’s Aeroplane Dress, originally a plastic-coated garment with motorized panels resembling aircraft wings, captured by Nick Knight. Knight’s digital inkjet print reinterprets the dress by deconstructing and altering its form through layered overlays. This print is one of 49 unique works included in a 2001 limited-edition portfolio published by SHOWstudio, which blends fashion, photography, and multimedia contributions from various creative fields. The portfolio serves as a curated archive of contemporary image-making and fashion ephemera.
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Photographer Nick Knight turned fashion into fine art in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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