August, 10th, 2015

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“10 YEARS AGO, #AZZEDINEALAIA Launched His Revolution: L andmark for King of Curves

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If there were any justice in this (#fashion) world, @AzzedineAlaiaofficial would be a worldwide household name, instead of a cult hero. It is 10 years since the small, shy, #Tunisia.n-born designer launched the body-conscious stretch looks that have defined the way an entire generation dresses and become the fashion revolution of the last decade. “Ten years? Yes, it is ten years!” said #Alaia at his #Paris studio in the #Marais, where he will open a boutique (decorated with panels by the #NewYork painter #JulianSchnabel) this month. While other designers celebrate l andmark years as rites of passage, Alaïa will not be marking these first 10 years. Nor does he even admit the overwhelming influence on fashion of his ideas. “Who can really say who invents something first in fashion?” he says. “I had used the stretch materials for years to shape the inside of garments I made for private clients. Then I just started using them on their own. And look at the corset effects I have done in my new collection. They go back to the 18th century, even if no one had done them in knit before.”. The corsets in question include a lightly-boned version of the “body” – the one-piece foundation that was another of Alaïa’s gifts to the fashion #world. Other outfits in his new collection are made with a network of openwork seaming tracing the shape of the body without constricting it and revealing flesh in a subtle way. The thrust of the top halves is designed not just for sex appeal (although that never seems far from Alaïa’s fashion vision), but also to balance the new mid-calf lengths. The designer who was the master of the skimpy skirt, showed, in a big collection, almost entirely skinny skirts falling to mid-calf. .“IT is time to change,” he says. “But you have to show them with high heels, or the long length looks drab.” The alternative was a shorter skirt, flared at the front, cut on the bias, with a wrap at the back.” @SuzyMenkesVogue #IHT September 3, 1991.
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