Azzedine Alaïa

A Couturier's Collection

Miren Arzalluz, Olivier Saillard

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Thames & Hudson Ltd
11 July 2024

Individual designers; Fashion & textiles: design

A stunning showcase of Azzedine Alaïa's remarkable fashion collection, most published here for the first time.

Azzedine Alaïa (1935-2017) was not only a world renowned fashion designer but also an avid collector of vintage fashion. Based on a major exhibition at the Palais Galliera, Paris, the book showcases the extensive collection he built up over the decades, driven by his fascination with the history of couture and his desire to conserve its heritage for future generations.

Accumulated in the utmost secrecy and never revealed during his lifetime, the sumptuous selection of garments ranges from the 19th-century elegance of Jacques Doucet and the House of Worth to the names that shaped 20th-century fashion - Chanel, Balenciaga, Dior, Schiaparelli - and on to contemporary innovators such as Jean Paul Gaultier and Alexander McQueen.

Captured in specially taken photographs, these meticulously crafted pieces are a tribute to Alaïa's unerring tastes, to the couturiers who inspired and influenced him, and to his endless respect for the craftspeople that created such objects of lasting beauty.

By: Miren Arzalluz, Olivier Saillard
Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 300mm, Width: 225mm,
Weight: 1.520kg
ISBN: 9780500028131
ISBN 10: 0500028133
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 11 July 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Miren Arzalluz is curator and head of collections at Fundación Cristóbal Balenciaga. Olivier Saillard is a fashion historian and director of the Alaïa Foundation.

Reviews for Azzedine Alaïa: A Couturier's Collection

'The pieces presented in Azzedine Alaïa: A Couturier’s Collection reflect Alaïa’s eye for sculptural clarity. The editors Miren Arzalluz and Olivier Saillard have arranged the collection to suggest fashion’s evolution' - The Wall Street Journal