- Born
- Died
- Height5′ 2¼″ (1.58 m)
- Azzedine Alaïa was born on February 26, 1940 in Tunis, Tunisia. He was a costume designer, known for A View to a Kill (1985), The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) and Du mouron pour les petits oiseaux (1963). He died on November 18, 2017 in Paris, France.
- Fashion designer.
- Famous for designing ready-to-wear, curve-hugging clothes so tight-fitting that catwalk models have to be squeezed into them by the designer's assistants, and for stretch-fabric, second-skin styles with complex seams and snaking zippers.
- He has designed for such performers as Diana Ross, Tina Turner, Sonia Braga, Charlotte Rampling, and Madonna.
- Was named Best Designer of the year in 1985 by the French Ministry of Culture.
- His name is pronounced AZ-uh-deen ah-LEE-uh.
- A woman is like an actress, she's always onstage. She has to look great to feel good. If she's going to wear clothes by a designer, ... then the clothes should make something happen, something unexpected. The dress has to be part of her, she has to feel it on her body. ... I prefer the woman to be seen rather than the outfit. Her head, her body, her hands -- the garment is there to cover her, to underline something, and make her beautiful.
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