Azzedine Alaïa Celebrates The Body Beautiful

Two Looks From Azzedine Alaïa's 2011/12 Fall-Winter RTW Collection

  

Ruffles usually signal softness or a feminine aesthetic when it comes to a woman's clothes, but count on Azzedine Alaïa, "The King of Cling"  to create dreamy and sexy confections that hug the body in just the right places. Azzedine Alaïa continues to glorify the female silhouette with his beautifully designed pieces.

For his highly anticipated 2011-2012 Autumn/Winter Collection, he held an exclusive viewing only to a select few of the worlds fashion editors. Known for his use of knits and innovative techniques which sheathe the body by creating an outline that follows a woman's curves and flatters the silhouette, Alaïa presented this beautiful collection.

Anything Alaïa creates makes a woman know that she doesn't have to try too hard to be dazzling while wearing it. 

Photos: Le Figaro/WWD

Hottest, Newest, Latest: Azzedine Alaïa's Homage To Africa

Azzedine Alaïa has something for us Afrolista's who have a serious love affair with shoes, that's right ...we love our shoes! But this time he's paying homage to Africa, and yes he is an African... Tunisian to be exact! We've been letting society divide up the continent with this Sub-Saharan mess for far too long, and Africans are Africans regardless of what part of the continent we originate from!

Now, let's get back to the fabulous shoes that he has designed with cowrie shells, raffia and other natural embellishments that will have us "shoeaholics" drooling for days. So many designers have offered up their versions of the "exotic and ethnic," but  this master can truly say his shoes are authentic to the core in their design aesthetic. Check them out below and decide which ones you love!

How about these perfect flats with a long flowing, voluminous sheath or sundress?

What women wouldn't want to rock these bada@#$... wedges?

Or these with a fierce African print or Western designed garment?

Or these with the perfect "nuevo style" Little Black Dress?