Artistic affinity: Azzedine Alaïa, Thierry Mugler

“Azzedine is someone who would make me hesitate if I had to move abroad. He is a wonderful friend full of humanity, lightness and humor, he hasn’t forgotten his roots, and he draws his ancient wisdom from them,” affirmed Thierry Mugler in the Matin magazine. He says about their meeting in 1979, which corresponds to his first show under his own label, that it was “reciprocal love at first sight.” 

“Since then, we have been very influenced by each other. I always show him my collections before I show them to the press. Since me met, my clothes are less abstract, more anchored in reality, the body feels at ease in them, and his have something that is more relevant. He doesn’t transgress the ’law of the cut,’ and he is one of the rare couturiers who creates the entire piece of clothing, from the drawing to the finishings. I love him, he is like family to me.”

“We were very close, Azzedine and I went to Sidi Bou Saïd together several times, and the real holidays were at Latifah Ben Abdallah’s place—she was the friend he had met at the art school in Tunis. We spent two days at Leila Menchari’s place in Hammamet.”