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THE
DESIGNERS
AZZEDINE ALAÏA
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AZZEDINE
ALAÏA
INSTALLATION FOR RADICAL FASHION AT THE V&A
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JERRY HARDMAN-JONES
© VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM
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Azzedine
Alaïa was born in Tunisia in about 1940 and originally studied sculpture.
He moved to Paris in the 1950s and gradually built up a devoted private
clientele. He describes himself as a 'bâtisseur' or builder rather
than couturier. He says 'I have to try my things on a living body
because the clothes I make must respect the body.' Some of his garments
contain up to 40 pieces and are constructed with corsetry stitching
and seaming to achieve a perfect, sculptural form.
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