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Azzedine Alaïa “The secret alchemy of a collection''
by Modem
© Modem

until Sunday January 06 2019

Association Azzedine Alaïa
T : +33 (0)1
18, rue de la Verrerie
75004 Paris
France

presse@association-alaia.org

The 1992 Summer collection was the largest Azzedine Alaïa had ever presented , with over 115 outfits.
Months and months of preparation went into the conception and execution of each piece. Always personally crafted by him, his creative work was done in the solitude of his new home, standing at the table in his studio during long nights spent cutting and sewing. All his emotional forces were joined and grew into this collection where his fascination with Madam Pompadour met his fascination with the power and freedom of a truly feminine woman.

The exhibition is accompanied by a book “The secret alchemy of a collection” published by Assouline.
In 1991 Prosper Assouline was given an entree into the intensely charged atmosphere of the working studio of Azzedine Alaïa. Never before had an artist allowed the secrets of his atelier to be so fully documented.

The result was this book, a reflection on the creative chaos and the fragile and wonderful craziness
of the inner workings of the Alaïa Summer 1992 collection.

© Modem