Which designer created the “After Words” collection shown at London Fashion Week in 2000?

Hussein Chalayan created the “After Words” collection shown at London Fashion Week in 2000.

The collection explored displacement, memory and the transformation of domestic objects. Its best-known presentation featured furniture that could be converted into clothing, including a table that became a skirt and chair covers that became garments.

Chalayan’s work often combines fashion with architecture, technology, migration and political history. “After Words” was inspired by the experience of refugees leaving homes behind, making the practical transformation of furniture part of the collection’s central idea.

The title is sometimes written with different capitalization, but “After Words” is the established collection title. It is also occasionally confused with Chalayan’s later technology-focused work, including dresses incorporating moving mechanisms and projection.