Azzedine Alaïa
Tunisian, 1935 - 2017
Place of BirthTunis, Tunisia
Place ActiveParis, France
Azzedine Alaïa was a Tunisian couturier and shoe designer who moved to Paris in 1956 and established his fashion house in 1981. First Lady Michelle Obama was a regular Alaïa client. She wore his designs to events including the Nobel Banquet in Oslo, Norway on December 10, 2009 and to the State of the Union Address in 2014.
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