Published on
30/05/2026 - 8:41 GMT+2
How do you go about creating a show and a book about the relationship between two couturiers who never met in real life? That's the question I put to Carla Sozzani, co-founder of the Fondation Azzedine Alaïa.
She met the Tunisian couturier in 1980s while working as a fashion and book editor and the two became firm friends. Sozzani played a crucial role in promoting his designs and their bond was strengthened by a mutual love of fashion and art.
After explaining their story, it was easy to understand how and why the exhibition came into being. Both the show and book entitled _Azzedine Alaïa and Christian Dior, Two Masters of Haute Couture,_aim to establish a dialogue between the two artists who were divided by decades.
