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December 2019

20 Dec

“SOFT SCULPTURES” by AZZEDINE ALAÏA

PARIS, FRANCE - OCTOBER 26: Top model Naomi Campbell walks the runway during the Azzedine Alaia Ready to Wear Spring/Summer 1992 fashion show as part of the Paris fashion week on October 26, 1992 in Paris, France. (Guliver Photos/Getty Images)
In the hands of Tunisian designer Azzedine Alaïa, fabrics and women’s bodies are shaped like origami. His clothes resemble “soft sculptures” and can easily be placed next to those of stone, bronze or marble. As a teenager he was lying about his age to go to a local art school and study the human body and learn how to sculpt. He defines himself as a “builder” of clothing and knows the architecture of the female body to the boiling point....
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