Article: Alaïa, Azzedine

ALA Ï A, Azzedine

French designer

Born: Tunis, Tunisia, circa 1940. Education: Studied sculpture, É cole des Beaux-Arts, Tunis. Career: Dressmaker's assistant, Tunis; dressed private clients before moving to Paris, 1957; part-time design assistant, Guy Laroche, Thierry Mugler, 1957-59; au pair/dress-maker for the Marquise de Mazan, 1957-60, and for Comtesse Nicole de Bl é giers, 1960-65; designer, custom clothing, from 1960; introduced ready-to-wear line, Paris, 1980, and New York, 1982; opened boutiques, Beverly Hills, 1983, Paris, 1985, and New York, 1988-92.

Exhibitions: Retrospective , Bordeaux Museum of Modern Art, 1984-85; Retrospective , New York, 2000. Awards: ...

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