Airmail dress
1999
Tyvek
Hussein Chalayan
Airmail Clothing · 1999
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 626150
Behind the design
Made from paperlike Tyvek, this dress can be folded into an envelope and mailed. It was sold with stickers and instructions that encouraged the owner to customize it. Chalayan made transformation part of the garment’s purpose, allowing travel, correspondence and the wearer’s own interventions to continue the design process.



