Michelle Obama makes best-dressed list Jul 31, 2008
One of the best, according to Fine Collins, was the purple one by Maria Pinto that she wore with a black Azzedine Alaia belt on the campaign trail in Minnesota last month. "The Alaia shows she's a little bit of a fashion insider, but it's more of her intelligence and independence that shows through," Fine Collins says. (MSNBC -- News)
Newsweek: Linking fashion and the economy Jun 4, 2008
Previous cycles of prosperity have yielded minimalism, deconstructionism (which originated in the '90s courtesy of Japanese innovators) and the body-conscious style of the early '80s, defined by the skintight designs of mavericks like Azzedine Alaia. And the next round might revert to some of these established forms, or blaze an entirely new fashion trail. (MSNBC -- Business)
It's a jungle out there Mar 27, 2008
Azzedine Alaia gold round-toe pumps, $1,350, at Barneys. Manolo Blahnik ankle-strap pump, $745, at Neiman Marcus. (Boston Globe)
News Quote Of The Moment "It's a pity that people don't always appreciate black beauty." - Supermodel Naomi Campbell hits out at racism in the fashion industry. Feb 6, 2008
"Fashion needs to go back to the way it used to be when wonderful designers like Yves Saint Laurent, Gianni Versace and Azzedine Alaia just had a great line-up of beautiful women - white, black, Chinese, Hispanic.". Campbell said her supermodel friends had helped her career by taking a stand against racism. (Sky News)
British designers look to the east Feb 3, 2008
They started using their own formative references, drawn (and some elder commentators could hardly take it at the time) from the glam early Nineties, Gianni Versace, Azzedine Alaia, MTV.. It's never crude, derivative stuff, though: Kane, Schwab, Illincic, Richard Nicholls, Goldin, Lynn and this season's New Generation newcomer, Krystof Strozyna, all have had any tendency to juvenilia knocked out of them by Professor Louise Wilson at Central Saint Martins, long before they dared set foot on a... (Guardian Unlimited)
Ready-to-wear couture takes over Jan 16, 2008
As is Azzedine Alaia, who "doesn't produce haute couture but does adapt his models to each client," he added. The gap between ready-to-wear and haute couture was closing, said the head of the French Couture Federation. (iAfrica.com)
Met's latest costume collection lets visitors critique the clothes Dec 17, 2007
Other designers represented include Coco Chanel, Rudi Gernreich, Westwood, Azzedine Alaia, Olivier Theyskens for Nina Ricci, Donna Karan, Charles Frederick Worth and Yohji Yamamoto. Koda and Bolton made the decision to show only pieces acquired in the 21st century. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Disney heroines get fashion makeover Nov 15, 2007
Among the designers involved are Azzedine Alaia, Corine Cobson, Chantal Thomass, Eymeric Franois, Nathalie Garon and Franck Sorbier for France. Britain's Vivienne Westwood and Paul Costelloe, as well as Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, Hannibal Laguna and Lorenzo Caprile of Spain. (iAfrica.com)
Don't walk this way Oct 28, 2007
Dolce & Gabanna, Azzedine Alaia and Roberto Cavalli are on the shelf, but Manolo Blahnik's "way out" heels are due in store in December. Mary-Kyri from Cactus Jam, Shuba and Flinders Way. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Online auction for Kates 40000 crystal creation Oct 20, 2007
Other celebrities included Patty LaBelle in Basso & Brooke, Selina Scott in vintage Ossie Clark, Tamara Beckwith in a red Valentino column gown, Yasmin Le Bon in vintage Chanel couture and Tara Palmer Tomkinson in Azzedine Alaia. A cast of international singers, rock n rollers and bands formed fashion+music marriages with the world s leading designers and performed on a semi-circular stage surmounted by a two-ton, 50ft high chandelier encrusted with a million Swarovski crystals, as the models... (Telegraph.co.uk)
Veronica Webb translates fashion shorthand Sep 30, 2007
"Simple in two words: Azzedine Alaia.". Youthful elegance. (North County Times)
Prada Is Interviewing Advisers for Biggest Luxury Goods IPO, People Say Sep 21, 2007
Prada went on an acquisition spree in the late 1990s, buying Jil Sander, Helmut Lang and Azzedine Alaia. That led to four years of losses that ended in 2006. (Bloomberg)
A fashion-lovers paradise Sep 19, 2007
In stock: the aforementioned 20,000 pairs of shoes, by Lanvin, Azzedine Alaia, Christian Louboutin, Manolo Blahnik, Chloe, Prada and others. (Saks carries 30,000 pairs of women's shoes, in comparison. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Posh gets $5 million credit Aug 17, 2007
She spent $3,670 on a Goyard cosmetics case, $5,745 on an Azzedine Alaia mini-dress and $4,995 on a purple Dolce and Gabbana dress. "She has now been offered a $5 million credit limit at Neiman Marcus.". (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
A new diva in town Jul 14, 2007
June 3: MTV Movie Awards vintage zebra-print Azzedine Alaia mini with pink satin bra peeking out. So 1980s, so MTV.. (Los Angeles Times)
* Prada says it isn't for sale, not holding talks with buyers Jul 9, 2007
Prada SpA, the Italian maker of Car Shoe and Azzedine Alaia fashions, said it isn't for sale and hasn't met with UK millionaire Richard Caring or private-equity funds. London's Sunday Times reported yesterday that Prada was in talks with Caring to sell the company, citing unidentified people in London's financial district. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Pick pockets May 19, 2007
Clark attributes their resurgence to a reaction against body-skimming dresses (circa Tom Ford, Azzedine Alaia), the result being that there's finally enough material to add an extra pouch of fabric without any change to the dress's natural shape. Others would argue that the most defining moment for pocket popularity was the Oscar red carpet in 2006 when two nominees Sandra Bullock and Amy Adams (in Angel Sanchez and Carolina Herrera, respectively) wore pouffy cocktail dresses with hidden pockets... (Globe and Mail)
CLOTHES CALL Apr 23, 2007
Past guests of honor have included Oscar de la Renta, Azzedine Alaia and Alexander McQueen. Posen is all about exaggeration, drama and dimension. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Young designer at the crossroads Feb 19, 2007
the drag that the Azzedine Alaia-influenced shapes put on the remaining energy of the show. " Not all the notices were bad. The Wall Street Journal praised the collection, saying the designer presented a "coherent vision of how self-assured women can dress,'' and several fashion blog sites, including Fabsugar, were enthusiastic. (San Francisco Chronicle)
A Field Guide to Young American Designers: Feb 10, 2007
If earlier collections seemed too married to fashion tricks (so many overt references to the curvaceous seaming of Azzedine Alaia. this collection proved real finesse with the whole of a woman's wardrobe. (Slate)
More of this story Nov 11, 2006
I can t see a car now without studying how it is made - the same with these clothes, he adds, indicating an Azzedine Alaia coat dripping in goat fur and another constructed out of patent leather. Then, Rogers, that most charming and confident of museum directors, asks rather disingenuously of a reporter, Do you think this exhibit will be a success. (Brockton Enterprise, MA)
From Paris, with love Nov 8, 2006
Chanel, Dior, Valentino, Christian Lacroix, Rochas, Yohji Yamamoto, Viktor Azzedine Alaia, Hussein Chalayan and Maison Martin Margiela are the featured designers. Each has its own designated section, where the clothing is set up on mannequins with the same lighting and arrangement with which they were first shown in Paris. (Northeastern News, MA)
RIP the disco diva Nov 6, 2006
The Sydney Morning Herald Blogs: Fashion / Archives. Welcome to Sydney Morning Herald Online. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Vintage range up for grabs Nov 1, 2006
Fashion - Life Home - smh. Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Trends follow heiress Liz Goldwyn Oct 29, 2006
Goldwyn, 29, stands up from her desk in a short plum jersey Azzedine Alaia dress and matching Christian Louboutin booties. Her face is creamy white and her hair shiny and tinged with red. (Los Angeles Times)
Paris fashion week kicks off Oct 2, 2006
His spring-summer collection for Balmain focused on mini dresses that reflected this season's revival of body-conscious dressing, as epitomized by Azzedine Alaia and Gianni Versace in the 1980s. Loading. (India Times, India)
Skinny back in Paris show Oct 2, 2006
His spring-summer collection for Balmain focused on ultra-short dresses that reflected this season's revival of body-conscious dressing, as epitomised by Azzedine Alaia and Gianni Versace in the 1980s. Though only in his second season at the house, Decarnin made a splash by dressing French actress Audrey Tautou and American director Sofia Coppola at the Cannes film festival in May. (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
London shows Sep 20, 2006
He called the show "Pistoleros sur le catwalk." At Fashion East, the mood of the group show was power woman of the 1980s, with Louise Goldin's brief, body-conscious, intricately knitted dresses, inspired by the architecture of Antoni Gaudi and reminiscent of Azzedine Alaia. Empowerment and sexuality filled the runway of a fellow Central Saint Martin graduate, Danielle Scutt. (International Herald Tribune)
The height of fashion Sep 7, 2006
Every designer, shoemaker and chain store worth their, um, designer shoes, has churned out a version or 10 of the trend, from tan lace-up platforms that look more like shoes worn to correct limps at Chloe, right through to fetishistic Jessica Rabbit-esque wooden platform stilettos at Azzedine Alaia ... One of the most popular choices is a pair of Azzedine Alaia black patent leather slingbacks with a whopping 10-centimetre cork wedge heel. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Looking good: Paris meets Targét Aug 2, 2006
Albou's bio says she comes from a family of shirt makers and began her career at 16, working at the fashion house Azzedine Alaia. She went on to join her family's business, La Garage, and then hooked up with the Paul & Joe brand in 1995. (Sacramento Bee -- Lifestyle)
Screaming mini Jul 21, 2006
They are choosing from an expansive selection of looks that vary from tiny trapeze dresses and baby-doll smocks similar to those paraded on the spring runways at Chloe, Missoni, Dolce na and Anna Sui to more clingy, tubular silhouettes patterned after vintage Azzedine Alaia. "This is not the dress as your mother wore it," Solomon said. (AZCentral -- Style)
Devilish good stuff -- even a Prada belt Jul 5, 2006
com, fashion fans can bid on more than 70 heavyweight designer duds worn by the cast (the auction was Streep's idea, thinking it would prevent on-set catfights): a white Valentino silk-chiffon tuxedo shirt, Azzedine Alaia pumps, a black Donna Karan dress, and, yes, even a Prada link belt. Proceeds go to Dress for Success, which helps disadvantaged women find work. (The Miami Herald)
'Devil' spawns fabulous looks Jul 4, 2006
Likely the hottest items are shoes, including some Christian Louboutins and a pair of Azzedine Alaia suede pumps. Amazon. (Louisville Courier-Journal)
'Devil Wears Prada' inspires fashionable promotions Jun 27, 2006
Likely the hottest items in the auction, though, are shoes, including some Christian Louboutins and a pair of Azzedine Alaia maroon and black suede pumps that got the blessing of Streep's fashion editor character Miranda Priestly. Why is it women - even someone like Miranda - can never have enough shoes. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Devilish fashion Jun 24, 2006
" Likely the hottest items in the auction, though, are shoes, including some Christian Louboutins and a pair of Azzedine Alaia maroon and black suede pumps that got the blessing of Streep's fashion editor character Miranda Priestly. Why is it women - even someone like Miranda - can never have enough shoes? "Probably because all the other ones hurt," costume designer Patricia Field says with a laugh. Field's personal favorites are her open-toe patent leather Manolo Blahniks that she wore to the... (AZCentral -- Style)
Isaac Mizrahi: One-Man Brand Mar 23, 2006
In my lifetime, I've seen the fashion designer Azzedine Alaia transform how people wear stretch clothing. Before he made body-hugging dresses from stretchy textiles [in the 1980s], bike messengers didn't wear stretch pants. (BusinessWeek)
Now it's back to the 80s Jan 20, 2006
Everyone, from Alexander McQueen to Hussein Chalayan, and from Marc Jacobs (for Louis Vuitton) to Alber Elbaz (Lanvin), has turned out body-conscious, structured clothing the likes of which haven't been seen since the 1980s heyday of Azzedine Alaia and, of course, the late Gianni Versace. Clothing is either black (yes, that again) or in full-on, rainbow colour. (New Zealand Herald)
