Look New York Spring 2009 - Designer Azzedine Aläia's Influence on Fashion -- New York Fashion Coverage

Azzedine Hovers

Published Nov 24, 2008

Azzedine with dogs, 1988.

(Photo: Marianne Haas/Corbis)

He is not the most well-known name, and his heyday was really the late eighties-early nineties, but the Tunisia-born, Paris-based designer Azzedine Aläia is the Velvet Underground of fashion. His influence is pervasive to the point of being invisible. This spring, skintight bandage dresses, leather jackets with tiny skirts, and body-orbiting zippers carried the Aläia message. Here, some of his classics and their descendants.

Welcome to Look New York	Benjamin Lowy's Fashion Week Portfolio
The Genius of Alber Elbaz	The Design Legacy of Azzedine Aläia
The Show of the Season: Louis Vuitton	Party-Hopping With Alexander Wang
Why Supermodels Still Rule	Five Designers to Watch
Anna Selezneva, Face of the Season	Four More Heavenly Faces
Models' Backstage Transformations	Remarkable Runway Backdrops
The Weirdo in the Second Row	Dressing Up When the Dow Is Down
The New Ankle-Breaking Heels	Charting Fashion Week Statistics
The Season's Biggest "It" Looks	Spring's Essential Trends
Trend: Out of the Kitchen, Into the Closet	Trend: Beige Is the New Foundation
Trend: Jewelry Is a Craft Project	Trend: Patterns Are Magical
Trend: One and You're Done	Trend: The Handbag Is, in Fact, in the Hand
Trend: Small Trends, Big Impact	Trend: The Old Frontier Is New Again
Trend: Swing, Swang, Swung	Trend: Vitamin C Is a Dress
Trend: Men Will Shed the Obvious	Trend: Modesty Is History