Azzedine Alaia

[Crimson C.C]

Yes im dying too!

 

[ponytrot]

seriously?!!!

1. Alaia puts on a show! (aaah! cause for excitement as it is!)
2. Style.com ignores it. (wtf?!)

I hope that more photos emerge - maybe catwalking or firstview?

 

[modela]

Out of all the shows, the only one NOT covered by style.com or explicitly reviewed by a major fashion publication is, ironically, Alaia's.
Shame, because it's always one of the very best.
I'm dying to see the full spring collection.

If anyone has it, do post.

why is that?i thought he was a critics darling

 

[helmut.newton]

Isn't style.com tied to Vogue US? Have you noticed that every review goes in tune with what Vogue/Anna Wintour approves of?

Style.com probably wasn't invited to Alaia's presentation after the whole Met fiasco where he was completely and utterly snubbed.

 

[modela]

well thats just wrong.

 

[nanker_phledge]

It's more related to the fact that very few people get invited/attend to his shows in any case, I doubt most of them get even the right to take pictures of them.I've rarely seen pictures of his shows, however he gets a reasonable press coverage and publicity from celebs who buy his clothes.

There's this shop in Paris that ALWAYS has Alaia clothes on its front, I should take pictures of it, I keep drooling on the window.

 

[ponytrot]

^ !!!

I might just camp out there next Paris trip

Some really good points were made in the last posts , its probably true that Alaia snubbed the Vogue team right back for the Met disaster (I kind of don't blame him), and his reclusive sort of antithetical nature probably doesn't help on the interpersonal/butt-kissing front.

Still, i would kill to see the full collection...

 

[cesarcmma]

He did a show for FW09 too, and it was reviewed by Cathy Horyn, I guess the NY times is one of the few or the only publication who is invited, but it always mentioned that his shows are packed of buyers, and the articles only have a picture of two of the collection.

Usually we'll see the clothes in some special editorial come spring, and some pieces can always be found at Vogue Paris.

The best way to see the clothes is wait till they arrive at storeas and check Barneys, Browns, Matches or I just found out about the Outnet having his shoes on sale so ladies RUN cause there are some gems there.

Some shoes form the Outnet

from Matches

 

[cesarcmma]

form Browns

 

[karen sofie]

I just adore his belts!

 

[Spike413]

Alaia doesn't hold formal fashion shows. Those photos are from small studio presentations in his atelier that he holds for select retailers and editors. He hasn't held an actual show since 2003.

The reason why Style.com never has any coverage of his collections is because they're not invited to view them. In the decade that Style.com has been around, they never have covered Alaia.

 

[ilaughead]

^This is probably a topic for another thread, but I kind of like how quietly he does it. It'd be nice for us to see a lookbook or something, but by not having a really publicized show, I think the product may be more 'special' to customers. Opinions?

 

[Spike413]

^ You're probably right. The lack of heavy media coverage of his clothes probably heightens the "exclusivity" factor, even though the clothes are just as available to the general public as any designer RTW is. I'd guess that there's a bit of that "being in the know" kind of vibe, like with up-and-coming or underground designers.

Since he's pretty much only known by people who really follow fashion, and since he makes no attempt to branch out of that niche, his isn't a name that's conspicuously dropped. For the people who wear it that probably makes it feel more special, more intimate.

 

[kasper!]

Vogue Paris November 2009
Photograper: Mario Sorrenti
Stylist: Carine Roitfeld
Model: Leonor Scherrer


source:scanned by Diorette

 

[MissMagAddict]

source | scanned by MMA from US Harper's Bazaar March 2010

 

[JuiceMajor]

if he makes clothes for men...i ownder what would it look like!

 

[nike]

Alaia FW10

 

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