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Day 1: Alex on Azzedine

published on 1 December 2017

Fashion journalist Alexander Fury pays tribute to the life and legacy of Azzedine Alaïa, and shares his memories of meeting the designer on day one of a special Tumblr takeover.

Fashion journalist Alexander Fury pays tribute to the life and legacy of Azzedine Alaïa, and shares his memories of meeting the designer on day one of a special Tumblr takeover.

Azzedine Alaïa by Sølve Sundsbø, i-D, winter 2013
An Azzedine Alaïa bandage dress, originally created in 1989, in situ at the Galleria Borghese, Rome, July 2015.
Naomi Campbell in Azzedine Alaïa by Peter Lindbergh, 1988
Azzedine Alaïa dresses in the Galleria Borghese, alongside artwork by Caravaggio - including Boy with a Basket of Fruit (c. 1593) and David with the Head of Goliath (c.1610 - to the right).
Gail O’Neal wearing a red acetate knit halter and corset-strapped skirt by Azzedine Alaïa, photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, 1986
Azzedine Alaïa, by Julian Schnabel. This smashed-plate portrait is stacked on top of an earlier smashed-plate portrait of Azzedine Alaïa. This is in the cabine on Rue de Moussy, where clients change and couture clothes are fitted. Schnabel’s wife Jacqueline opened Alaïa’s first shop in New York (it closed in 1992).
Azzedine Alaïa and Naomi Campbell by Arthur Elgort, 1987
Abbey Lee wears Azzedine Alaïa. Shot by David Bailey, styled by Charlotte Stockdale. i-D magazine, winter 2010.
Azzedine Alaïa fitting in his studio in the Rue de Moussy. Alaïa drafted every pattern himself; his shows (when he showed) were frequently months late, because Alaïa insisted on sewing every sample.
In the Alaïa flagship boutique on rue de Moussy. Azzedine’s studio is above; the kitchen is out back.
Yasmin LeBon in Azzedine Alaïa by Arthur Elgort, 1986
Azzedine and Didine
Sketches by hairstylist Julien d’Ys devising the hair for Azzedine Alaïa’s Autumn/Winter 2017 haute couture show.
Francine Howel in an Azzedine Alaïa dress, photographed by David Seidner, 1986
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