Azzedine Alaia

The present fashion system is too hard - there are too many collections. The designers have no time to think! Money is…

— Azzedine Alaia

It's important to make women feel confident, because I think they are more important than men.

— Azzedine Alaia

I prefer to stay poor.

— Azzedine Alaia

Fashion will last forever. It will exist always. It will exist in its own way in each era. I live in the…

— Azzedine Alaia

When I see beautiful clothes, I want to keep them, preserve them... Clothes, like architecture and art, reflect an era.

— Azzedine Alaia

The foundation of beauty is the body.

— Azzedine Alaia

Karl Lagerfeld never touched a pair of scissors in his life.

— Azzedine Alaia

Women must know themselves better than anyone. If you have ugly legs, wear long dresses. If you have long, great legs, show…

— Azzedine Alaia

My father could be very strict, but very fair. His father was the same. We all respected my grandfather; he was the…

— Azzedine Alaia

In an ordinary suit and tie, I'd look like a little macho. I'd be ridiculous.

— Azzedine Alaia

If I don't have a model in front of me, I don't have an idea.

— Azzedine Alaia

I think women should be seductive, not triste. Theres enough sadness in life now without making women look sad, too.

— Azzedine Alaia

Ballet costumes are easier that opera because they are designed for movement.

— Azzedine Alaia

I love films-they are like paintings.

— Azzedine Alaia

A woman is like an actress: she's always onstage.

— Azzedine Alaia

Bill Cunningham... he knows fashion better than anybody.

— Azzedine Alaia

As I said many times, the fashion world, its system, can be disturbing.

— Azzedine Alaia