STUDY

To celebrate the release of the twelfth issue of Study, dedicated to curator Olivier Saillard, the Azzedine Alaïa Foundation and Study magazine are pleased to host a conversation featuring Olivier Saillard, his long-time collaborator Axelle Doué, Christopher Niquet, editor-in-chief of Study and Senta Simond, photographer.

Olivier Saillard, director of the Azzedine Alaïa Foundation, is known for his exhibitions– Yohji Yamamoto, Christian Lacroix, Jeanne Lanvin, Madame Grès, Balenciaga –yet it is in his performances that his singular voice emerges. Moda Povera began in 2018 and is his private stage, an ode to craft and to the fragile elevation of everyday garment into something closer to art.

For this issue, photographer Senta Simond recorded « Wedding Dresses Always End Up Single » of Moda Povera’s a performance assembled from secondhand gowns scavenged online and in charity bins. Torn apart, sewn back together, the dresses refuse nostalgia. Photographed in Paris the garments were worn not only by the original performer, Axelle Doué,  but also by two young models chosen by Simond.