Umbukiso wohlobo olulodwa: Azzedine Alaïa, i-couturier nomqoqi

Eminyakeni eyishumi ngemuva kokubukezwa okukhulu okwanikelwa kuye e-Palais Galliera, Azzedine Alaïa (1935-2017) kubuye kwagqama ngombukiso obonisa iqoqo elimangalisayo lamagugu aliqongelele eminyakeni edlule, elingakaze likhonjiswe ngaphambilini.

U-Azzedine Alaïa wayengumsiki we-virtuoso. Amakhono akhe obuchwepheshe abangelwa ukuthanda kwakhe ama-couturiers akudala kanye nolwazi lwakhe olude namakhasimende ayewasebenzela ngobuchule.

U-Alaïa naye wayengumqoqi okhethekile. Waqala ngo-1968 ngezingcezu ezinhle kakhulu azithola ngenkathi uCristóbal Balenciaga evala indlu yakhe yemfashini. Uthole ukufunda ngendalo ye-haute couture yompetha base-Spain futhi kwaholela ekuthandeni umlando wesiyalo sakhe.

U-Alaïa waqoqa izingcezu ezingaphezu kuka-20,000 eziqopha ubuciko babanduleli bakhe, kusukela ekuzalweni kwe-haute Couture ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-19 izicucu ngabanye abantu besikhathi sakhe. Wayengumqoqi ohamba phambili emhlabeni wama-couturiers ahlonishwa kakhulu, okuhlanganisa u-Worth, uJeanne Lanvin, uJean Patou, uCristóbal Balenciaga, uMadame Grès, uPaul Poiret, uGabrielle Chanel, uMadeleine Vionnet, u-Elsa Schiaparelli noChristian Dior. Indalo yamanje imelelwa izingcezu zika-Jean Paul Gaultier, Comme des Garçons, Alexander McQueen, Thierry Mugler, kanye no-Yohji Yamamoto...

Lo mbukiso uhlanganisa izingcezu eziyi-140 ezilandela umlando waleli qoqo eliyigugu, I-Alaïa yakhelwe ekusithekeni okuphelele. Akekho owayibona ngesikhathi sokuphila kwakhe, hhayi eFrance noma kwenye indawo.

Abaphathi:

Miren Arzalluz, umqondisi we-Palais Galliera

U-Olivier Saillard, umqondisi we-Azzedine Alaïa Foundation , ngosizo luka-Alice Freudiger

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