The couturier / Alaïa
January 23, 2019
Categories: Short stories
Inspired by ‘The Couturier’ exhibition of the Design Museum in London, I decided to study Azzedine Alaia and the silhouettes he created. The Tunisian-born sculptor-then-couturier described himself as a builder. He thought with his hands, shaping the fabric by draping and cutting directly on the models' body. His ultimate goal