Azzedine Alaïa, Fashion’s Most Independent Designer, Is Dead at 82
Did you know that Azzedine
Alaïa, died on Saturday in Paris he is one of the greatest and most uncompromising designers of the
20th and 21st centuries?
Did you know that Azzedine
Alaïa, died from a heart attack he was 82?
Did you know that Mr. Alaïa was a sculptor of the female form, and his designs were worn by women from Michelle Obama
to Lady Gaga?
Did you know that Mr. Alaïa was equally famous for his rejection of the
fashion system and his belief that it had corrupted the creative power
of what could be an art form?
Did you know that Mr. Alaïa was a mischievous man and he often lied about his age?
Did you know that Mr.
Alaïa introduced his first ready-to-wear collection in 1980 and was
soon hailed as “the king of cling”?
Did you know that in 2007, Compagnie Financière Richemont bought a majority stake in the business, allowing it to expand at its own pace?
Did you know that Mr. Alaïa introduced a perfume the store expansion planned, and by last year Mr. Alaïa had more than 300 points of sale globally?
Did you know that Mr. Alaïa introduced a perfume the store expansion planned, and by last year Mr. Alaïa had more than 300 points of sale globally?
Did you know that beyond
the runway, Mr. Alaïa created work for the ballet and the opera, began
holding art exhibitions in 2004 in the space that also houses his
showroom (regular programming began in 2015 with an exhibition by the
Syrian poet Adonis) and was planning a bookstore?
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