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Azzedine Alaïa, Alaïa, Steidl Limited special 1998 ultra-large hardcover edition in English with slipcase and box, 300 illustrated pages, in excellent condition.
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ALAÏA AZZEDINE - STEIDL SPECIAL 1998 LIMITED RELEASE, ULTRA LARGE, WITH SLIPCASE AND BOX, VERY GOOD.
ALAÏA, Majestic ultra large-format book, from the famous fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa. An unpublished copy, weighing nearly 5,000 Kgs + rigid slipcase, 286 illustrated pages, Book in Limited Steidl Verlag 1998 edition, dimensions approx 44x36x5 cm, and with the complete body of Alaïa’s fashion creations! The edition is in excellent condition, in a luxurious and very limited version!
Limited edition of 1998, published by the prestigious Steidl publishing house. A book of very large dimensions, with an original rigid slipcase, with large-format folding pages, protected by a thick transparent jacket. Hardcover in fabric finely embroidered, title inscription in relief and gold color on a deep pine green cover background. Thick cover with fabric, pleasant to the touch. Very large pages printed in HD on heavy-weight paper for this limited edition (paper weight > 260 g/m²).
This monumental book presents the essentials of Alaïa’s exceptional fashion creations, in a generously illustrated full-page format, essentially a picture-focused universal edition. Fashion designs and previously unseen shots dedicated to this limited edition, with fashion models and color illustration pages. Edition supplied with the original case.
Azzedine Alaïa is among the great masters of contemporary aesthetics. His success as a fashion designer is exemplary, and his way of shaping the female silhouette marked the eighties. He dressed the biggest stars, and some people even feel he transformed the way people view women thanks to his talent. This book is a tribute to this couturier who in his early life thought he would become a sculptor. The superb photos gathered here reveal Alaïa’s dream universe, his boundless creativity, and his incomparable sense of beauty. In this book, models and garments are admirably showcased by stunning photographs and a beautiful layout. The artist’s work testifies to a talent comparable to photographers like Roversi or Demarchelier in photography, with a unique touch in fashion creation, akin to Jean-Paul Gaultier or Yves Saint-Laurent in a related field. This book is the most complete and unprecedented ever published dedicated to the highly talented and perfectly inimitable fashion designer Alaïa.
If you are looking for a luxurious, rare, exhausted, limited collection book in Perfect condition, magnificent, and an inexhaustible source of inspiration, then this lot is for YOU!
Condition: Excellent.
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Very well-packed parcel + fast delivery + premium delivery options + 100% auction value insured coverage + live Tracking from shipment + free shipping if other lots are won
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Seller's Story
Your French artbook and photobook seller (mainly items from the 20th century).
Occasionally curating some exceptionally unique collectible items.
Artbooks (and Architecture books) include artists such as Andy Warhol, Pierre Soulages, David Hockney, Pablo Picasso, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Ed Ruscha, Frank Lloyd Wright or Le Corbusier.
Photobooks include artists such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, William Klein, Richard Avedon, Brassaï, Helmut Newton, or Eikoh Hosoe.
Translated by Google TranslateALAÏA AZZEDINE - STEIDL SPECIAL 1998 LIMITED RELEASE, ULTRA LARGE, WITH SLIPCASE AND BOX, VERY GOOD.
ALAÏA, Majestic ultra large-format book, from the famous fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa. An unpublished copy, weighing nearly 5,000 Kgs + rigid slipcase, 286 illustrated pages, Book in Limited Steidl Verlag 1998 edition, dimensions approx 44x36x5 cm, and with the complete body of Alaïa’s fashion creations! The edition is in excellent condition, in a luxurious and very limited version!
Limited edition of 1998, published by the prestigious Steidl publishing house. A book of very large dimensions, with an original rigid slipcase, with large-format folding pages, protected by a thick transparent jacket. Hardcover in fabric finely embroidered, title inscription in relief and gold color on a deep pine green cover background. Thick cover with fabric, pleasant to the touch. Very large pages printed in HD on heavy-weight paper for this limited edition (paper weight > 260 g/m²).
This monumental book presents the essentials of Alaïa’s exceptional fashion creations, in a generously illustrated full-page format, essentially a picture-focused universal edition. Fashion designs and previously unseen shots dedicated to this limited edition, with fashion models and color illustration pages. Edition supplied with the original case.
Azzedine Alaïa is among the great masters of contemporary aesthetics. His success as a fashion designer is exemplary, and his way of shaping the female silhouette marked the eighties. He dressed the biggest stars, and some people even feel he transformed the way people view women thanks to his talent. This book is a tribute to this couturier who in his early life thought he would become a sculptor. The superb photos gathered here reveal Alaïa’s dream universe, his boundless creativity, and his incomparable sense of beauty. In this book, models and garments are admirably showcased by stunning photographs and a beautiful layout. The artist’s work testifies to a talent comparable to photographers like Roversi or Demarchelier in photography, with a unique touch in fashion creation, akin to Jean-Paul Gaultier or Yves Saint-Laurent in a related field. This book is the most complete and unprecedented ever published dedicated to the highly talented and perfectly inimitable fashion designer Alaïa.
If you are looking for a luxurious, rare, exhausted, limited collection book in Perfect condition, magnificent, and an inexhaustible source of inspiration, then this lot is for YOU!
Condition: Excellent.
Modalities and general information:
Very well-packed parcel + fast delivery + premium delivery options + 100% auction value insured coverage + live Tracking from shipment + free shipping if other lots are won
Several lots won = free shipping for ALL additional lots!
Seller's Story
Your French artbook and photobook seller (mainly items from the 20th century).
Occasionally curating some exceptionally unique collectible items.
Artbooks (and Architecture books) include artists such as Andy Warhol, Pierre Soulages, David Hockney, Pablo Picasso, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Ed Ruscha, Frank Lloyd Wright or Le Corbusier.
Photobooks include artists such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, William Klein, Richard Avedon, Brassaï, Helmut Newton, or Eikoh Hosoe.
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Number of books
1
Subject
Photography
Book title
Alaïa
Author/ Illustrator
Azzedine Alaïa
Condition
Fine
Publication year oldest item
1998
Height
44.5 cm
Edition
1st Edition, 1st Edition Thus, Illustrated Edition, Limited edition, Special edition
Width
36.5 cm
Language
Bilingual, English
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Steidl Limited
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Extras
Dust jacket, Fold out maps or plates, Slipcase, Tipped in plates
Number of pages
300
