First Major U.S. Azzedine Alaïa Retrospective Opens November 21 in San Francisco With 80 Garments
Azzedine Alaïa: Sculpting Fashion, the first major United States retrospective dedicated to the late Tunisian-born, Paris-based couturier, opens November 21 at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco and runs through April 11, 2027, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco announced.
The exhibition presents 80 garments from across Alaïa's career, alongside pieces from his historical collections, shown together in the United States for the first time. It includes Alaïa designs worn by Tina Turner, Grace Jones and Rihanna. The show is organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in collaboration with the Fondation Azzedine Alaïa, and is curated by Laura L. Camerlengo, the museums' curator in charge of costume and textile arts, and Olivier Saillard, director of the foundation.
Born in Tunisia in 1935, Alaïa trained as a sculptor at the École des Beaux-Arts in Tunis, presented his first ready-to-wear collection in 1980, and became known for body-conscious, sculptural designs. In 1987 he left the official fashion calendar and showed collections only when they were ready.
Source: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
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Photo: 图：Azzedine Alaïa 设计的贴身连衣裙展品。Wikimedia Commons，CC BY 2.0。 / Photo: A body-conscious dress designed by Azzedine Alaïa, on exhibition. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
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