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
great themselves wear women
Women must know themselves better than anyone. If you have ugly legs, wear long dresses. If you have long, great legs, show them.
assisted babies birth helped madame midwife women
There was a woman in Tunisia called Madame Pinot. She was a midwife and had helped in the birth of my siblings and me. I assisted her. I helped women give birth to a lot of babies when I was very young.
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.
women work
I work for women. I only think for them. If I didn't like women, I wouldn't do this job.
danger losing sight women
The danger is we're losing sight of what women really want to wear.
dictated followed women
I never followed fashion. It's women who have dictated my conduct.
garments materials private shape using
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.
whom
I am very curious. Every day, I say: 'What am I going to learn today, and whom am I going to meet?'
costumes designed easier
Ballet costumes are easier that opera because they are designed for movement.
fashion
As I said many times, the fashion world, its system, can be disturbing.
If I don't have a model in front of me, I don't have an idea.
aids funds item pay people
I take it to heart that, for example, there aren't enough funds for AIDS research, but people pay 20 times the value of an item of clothing.
suit
In an ordinary suit and tie, I'd look like a little macho. I'd be ridiculous.
anna history
Who will remember Anna Wintour in the history of fashion? No one.