Quotes by Azzedine Alaia

About Azzedine Alaia:

Azzedine Alaïa is a Tunisian-born couturier and shoe designer, particularly successful since the 1980s.
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'Vogue' remains while its fashion editors come and go.

Azzedine Alaia

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.

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Ballet costumes are easier that opera because they are designed for movement.

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I even do my ready-to-wear samples like couture.

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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.

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There is a sensuality about fabric. I think all materials should be inviting when they touch the skin. When I watch children stroking their mother's clothes, I feel that I have succeeded.

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Fashion will last forever. It will exist always. It will exist in its own way in each era.

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As a child, I was raised with my grandmother, alongside all my cousins, and the kitchen was always full.

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I don't wear perfume, and I don't like the air to be too saturated with scents.

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As I said many times, the fashion world, its system, can be disturbing.

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I am very curious. Every day, I say: 'What am I going to learn today, and whom am I going to meet?'

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I prefer to stay poor.

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When you have one idea per year, it's already a miracle!

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In an ordinary suit and tie, I'd look like a little macho. I'd be ridiculous.

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I like black, because for me it is a very happy color.

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I am always in doubt; I am never sure of myself.

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If I don't have a model in front of me, I don't have an idea.

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I want to speak directly with a star, not her stylist.

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Who can really say who invents something first in fashion?

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A human being is not a machine. Especially when it comes to creating.

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I've been wearing Chinese clothes since I was 14. I can't wear a suit. I'm small, and when I put on a suit, it's not possible.

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Author Bio

  • NameAzzedine Alaia
  • DescriptionTunisian fashion designer
  • BornJune 7, 1939
  • CountryFrance; Tunisia
  • ProfessionGrand Couturier
  • AwardsKnight Of The Legion Of Honour