Item 2022.39 - Hussein Chalayan Place / Non Place Jeans

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2022.39

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Hussein Chalayan Place / Non Place Jeans

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  • 2003-2004 (Creation)

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Hussein Chalayan

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Westminster Menswear Archive

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Straight-leg jeans made from dark blue denim, featuring contrasting cream and brown topstitching. The jeans fasten at the front with a zip fly leading to a silver-coloured shank button at the waist. There are three front pockets: one curved on each side of the fly, with a smaller coin pocket inside the right pocket. At the back, there are two patch pockets, all reinforced with brass rivets. The waistband includes five belt loops. The jeans are unlined, with three labels stitched into the waistband.

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      Label [1]: Hussein Chalayan / Made in Italy
      Label [2]: 0026114 / CA. 19543 / Style YUG206T / Fabric TG014 /Colour 460 / Size 44
      Label [3]: Place / Non Place / Hussein Chalayan / Autumn Winter 2003 / 2004 / Made in Italy / A place can be defined by monuments in a space or by buildings which mark social, technological, ecconomic and political history; prescribing national identity and political values, alternatively an event can temporarily transform a space into a place. / Similary, and anonomous industrially produced garment can, over time, acquire layers of memory through use and occasion. This garment acts as a catalyst for an event where people can exchange experiences relating to the garment through text and photographs, culminating in an interplay between space, place and memory / Created by [Hand written signature] / Date/ Time [Handwritten] 06 2003 / Meet at Heathrow Airport, Terminal 3 Arrivals Building, 1st FLoor Lobby LHR, UK/ on 4th May at 1900H GMT
      Material: Cotton
      Details: Front fastening; Studs
      Measurements: 104cm [Length]; 78cm [Inside Leg]; 38cm [Waist]
      Physical Condition: Good

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      'Place/No Place was an interactive event inspired by French anthropologist Marc Augé's description of airports being 'non-places'. Chalayan attached labels inside the garments from the A/W 2003-04 collection, inviting the purchasers to congregate at Heathrow airport ten months later on 4th May. However, only one person turned up. [kerrytaylorauctions.com]

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      From Inside the Westminster Menswear Archive:

      PLACE/NON-PLACE JEANS
      Hussein Chalayan
      Autumn Winter 2003
      Hussein Chalayan’s Autumn Winter 2003–4 collection was inspired by the work of French anthropologist Marc Augé. Labels sewn inside pieces in the collection included the handwritten name of the maker of the garment and the date it was manufactured – these jeans were made in June 2003 – they also instructed purchasers to meet at London’s Heathrow Airport, Terminal 3 on 4 May 2004. On the day, two members of Chalayan’s team waited in the Terminal 3 arrivals lobby. Only a single individual appeared wearing one of the garments. The collection designs were pared down and minimal with archetypal garments such as these black denim jeans, a denim trucker jacket and V-neck wool jumper, but also incorporating pockets useful for travel.
      Cotton
      Archive no. 2022.39

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