Azzedine Alaia Quotes

Tunisia, Designer
February 26, 1935 – November, 18, 2017.

Azzedine Alaïa (Arabic: عز الدين عليّة‎ French pronunciation: [azedin alaˈja], pronunciation: Alaya) (26 February 1935 – 18 November 2017) was a Tunisian-born couturier and shoe designer, particularly successful beginning in the 1980s.

A woman is like an actress: she's always onstage.

Azzedine Alaia
- She
If you're sad about what you see in the mirror when you wake up every morning, you must change it.

Azzedine Alaia
- Up
- Morning
- Sad

I am never sure that anything's good enough. Something that is good today will not be good tomorrow.

Azzedine Alaia
- Good
- Today
I like black, because for me it is a very happy color.

Azzedine Alaia
- Happy
- Black
- Color
I'm working 24 hours a day. I have had a house in Tunisia for 20 years, and I never have time to go because there are collections, fittings.

Azzedine Alaia
- Time
- House
Fashion will last forever. It will exist always. It will exist in its own way in each era.

Azzedine Alaia
- Fashion
- Forever
Who can really say who invents something first in fashion?

Azzedine Alaia
- Fashion
Even if I was in prison, I could be free in my head. I can adapt easily.

Azzedine Alaia
- Free

I take it to heart that, for example, there aren't enough funds for AIDS research, but people pay 20 times the value of an item of clothing.

Azzedine Alaia
- People
- Heart
- Value
I would rather die than see my face in a car advertisement.

Azzedine Alaia
- Die
- Car
There are certain people I am allergic to. I even intervene when I don't like a customer; I rush in and check all the names. If I don't like them, I don't take them.

Azzedine Alaia
- People
A human being is not a machine. Especially when it comes to creating.

Azzedine Alaia