Azzedine Alaïa Retrospective Will Pair Fashion With Art at the Legion of Honor
“Azzedine Alaïa: Sculpting Fashion” opens Nov. 21 at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor and runs through April 11, 2027. A new Stanford Daily interview with curator Laura Camerlengo previews the first major U.S. retrospective of the designer’s work.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 2 min read
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“Azzedine Alaïa: Sculpting Fashion” opens Nov. 21 at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor and runs through April 11, 2027. A new Stanford Daily interview with curator Laura Camerlengo previews the first major U.S. retrospective of the designer’s work.
FashionUnited reported that the exhibition will bring together about 80 garments and pieces from Alaïa’s private collection. The presentation is organized with the Fondation Azzedine Alaïa in Paris.
Camerlengo told The Stanford Daily that designs will be placed in conversation with art and furnishings in the museum’s collection, including 18th-century works that echo the inspirations behind some garments. The exhibition treats clothing as sculptural work rather than simply a chronological parade of outfits.
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