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The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Object record

Airmail dress

1999

Materials

Tyvek

House / label

Hussein Chalayan

Collection

Airmail Clothing · 1999

Archive reference

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.

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