Kolon Sports Collaborates with Designer Hussein Chalayan for Brand's 50th Anniversary

31 Hanbok-Inspired and Spacesuit Motif Products Unveiled
Media Art Also Held at Hannam Branch Until November 13

Kolon FnC's outdoor brand 'Kolon Sport' announced on the 6th that it will collaborate with the world-renowned fashion designer Hussein Chalayan to celebrate the brand's 50th anniversary.

Kolon Sports x Hussein Chalayan Collaboration Photoshoot
[Photo by Kolon FnC]

Hussein Chalayan is known as the 'philosopher of fashion' and is recognized as a designer who has built a futuristic fashion world. He expresses inspiration drawn from various fields beyond fashion, such as anthropology, politics, history, and science, through clothing, making him one of the most innovative designers in the fashion industry. Kolon Sport explained that the collaboration with Hussein Chalayan was planned to reflect on the brand’s 50 years since its establishment in 1973 and to showcase the future vision of outdoor wear that the brand aims for.

The Kolon Sport x Hussein Chalayan collaboration collection consists of a total of 31 items, including down jackets, vests, knits, and pants. The outerwear is notably inspired by Hanbok, traditional Korean clothing, such as jeogori, magoja, and durumagi, which is reflected in the designs. Additionally, experimental designs are introduced, such as overalls inspired by space suits, skirts with strings at the hem to alter their shape, and zipper details emphasized from the shoulders to the sleeves of tops.

From the 7th to November 13th, a media art exhibition will be held at the Kolon Sport Hannam store. The exhibition, themed 'Across the Water,' explores the cycle of 'fluid time,' which combines the past, present, and future. For this, Hussein Chalayan proposed the concept of a 'crash-landed astronaut,' reinterpreting the idea of an astronaut settling on the land of Korea, blending into Korean culture, and connecting traditional Korean costume details with the space suit.

A Kolon Sport representative stated, "This exhibition carries the meaning that 'a future without a past cannot exist,' emphasizing that new inspiration is again drawn from the past, which becomes the driving force for the future. The collaboration with Hussein Chalayan is a very meaningful project that presents the future of outdoor wear that Kolon Sport will pursue."

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