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Azzedine Alaia trained as a young man, as a sculptor yet his medium was not clay or stone but cloth. One saw the sculptor in the way he adapted fabrics to women's bodies. The subtle curve of peplum; the gentle sway of a translucent skirt - one forgot clothes could be so beautiful. No gimmicks, no vulgarity, no instagrammable moments. He was the undeniable King of superb clothes, superbly made to flatter & enhance the women he loved. There was nobody like him & nobody with his distinct understanding of cut & proportions. From the early days of his career, Azzedine celebrated women's natural assets, rather than suppressed them. Here is a broad-shouldered leather jacket miraculously worked into a complex...