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Azzedine Alaia - The Last King of Craftsmanship is Dead

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...

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Welcome Ozai N Ku!

From the Parthenon & the Goddess Athena we are happy to introduce this Lifestyle very very chic collection. Soft fabrics & knits enhance this look of beautiful & wearable styles. Plaid weaves, Prince-de-Galle & Pinstripes lend this lifestyle collection a true upgrade. We can also find Goblin tapestry fabrics, adorning the leisure look and full tapestry coat to compliment the look. References to Arts & Crafts , with leather trim fringes, showing up in cool asymmetry. Designed to Wow, yet sell-able - this is the great outcome of this collection - Ozai N Ku.

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Fashion & Art: Inter-Relationship

More than ever, the inter-relationship between Fashion & Art is within designer's daily work. More & more designers are getting direct inspiration from the Art world & thus build up an identity for their brand. From Japanese classic Florals to Jackson Pollock, Rothko, Mondrian, Yayoi Kusama & Vasarely - all varieties exist in complete harmony. Alembika & Japanese Florals Alembika & Japanese Florals Grizas & Jackson Pollock Grizas & Jackson Pollock Alembika & Rothko Kedziorek & Mondrian Alembika & Yayoi Kusama Kedziorek & Vasarely Fashion infiltrated the Museums. Museums are competing with one another, who will pull up the biggest show; the most explosive retrospective of a living or a dead superstar designer. Lately, the biggest of those exhibitions was...

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Fashion & Body Image

Let me try to analyze this quote by Osho in relation with Fashion & Body Image. Fashion's relationship with body diversity has always been fraught, says Jenny MacQuaile. In recent years, while consumers are calling for a wider size range on the runway & in stores, there are brands & publications who are reluctant to follow this request. Models are still pressured to lose weight & Parsons professors are lamenting the lack of attention given to designing for larger bodies. This is where I enter this argument. Personally, I feel that this kind of "Liberating" the curvier women & showing them on or off the runway, with lacy mini garments, or overexposing styles, is not doing women in general any...

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Resort Shopping List

Resort is Short & Sweet: Travel, Sun, Fun. Let's prepare ourselves with Top Trends from Alembika. Here are the 10 Must Haves for your Shopping List. * Fade - layers, obscuring & blurring color. The new revealed through the old. * Transparency - sheer joy. * Natural & Artificial. Bold prints of Flowers in soft & slick fabrics. * Crispy White with a Twist. * Soft hues of Silver; textured print creating the perfect Lux-Leisure look. * Stripes Forever. * Gems & Gem prints - for upgrading your Cocktail hour. * Faded & Semi-Transparent. * Multi-color Striping for Travel & Beach. * Bold Mesh.

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