Azzedine Alaia
Azzedine Alaia
Azzedine Alaïais a Tunisian-born couturier and shoe designer, particularly successful since the 1980s...
NationalityTunisian
ProfessionDesigner
Date of Birth26 February 1940
CountryTunisia
sadness thinking seductive
I think women should be seductive, not triste. Theres enough sadness in life now without making women look sad, too.
fashion cunninghams bills
Bill Cunningham he knows fashion better than anybody.
today tomorrow enough
I am never sure that anythings good enough. Something that is good today will not be good tomorrow.
fashion crazy thinking
The present fashion system is too hard - there are too many collections. The designers have no time to think! Money is too important. Schedules are too crazy.
beautiful fashion mind
My obsession is to make women beautiful. When you create with that in mind, things can't go out of fashion.
color black very-happy
I like black, because for me it is a very happy color.
men thinking important
It's important to make women feel confident, because I think they are more important than men.
fashion clothes
I make clothes, women make fashion.
beautiful fashion art
When I see beautiful clothes, I want to keep them, preserve them... Clothes, like architecture and art, reflect an era.
fashion interesting forever
Fashion will last forever. It will exist always. It will exist in its own way in each era. I live in the moment. It's interesting to know the old methods. But you have to live in the present moment.
except offered people refused women
You know Sarkozy offered me the Legion d'honneur medal? I refused. People said I refused because I don't like Sarkozy, but that's ridiculous. I refused because I don't like decorations - except on women.
allergic certain check intervene people
There are certain people I am allergic to. I even intervene when I don't like a customer; I rush in and check all the names. If I don't like them, I don't take them.
home homes leave passing
I want to create a foundation, like a maison, in my home in the Marais. I am going to leave everything there. I am only passing through. I'm not a proprietor of anything, even if I have homes and things.
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Beyonce is a beautiful, elegant woman who is also a wonderful dancer. And her voice is sublime. Just like her husband, Jay-Z, Beyonce has real talent. They are both the kind of truly great artist who will be remembered by history. Their child will be lucky to have such talented parents.