Women of the Bauhaus. 

and a letter from Anand Giridharadas. 

THE DESIGNER WHO TOOK TIME: Azzedine Alaïa

Fashion's most independent designer, whose work was more architecture and sculpture ("I dress women directly on their body, by intuition") than fashion. 

He dedicated his life to the belief that fashion was more than just garments; to him, they were as much an element in the empowerment of women and of a broader cultural conversation. He used leather and knits to shape and support the body, transforming it into the best version of itself. He eschewed external decoration for internal integrity, weaving pattern and adornment into the weft of the garment itself in ways that were almost undetectable to the outside eye.

His introduction to art came from Madame Pinot, a midwife who helped birth the children in his family, including him. "She gave me books and pamphlets to art exhibitions" and, against his father's wishes, registered him at the School of Fine Arts in Tunis.

AA passed away suddenly last weekend at age 82.


watch a 26 minute untitled homage to Azzedine Alaïa. 

 

the NoMad hotel nyc. 

Strivers Row Home Tour in Harlem

and a video library of cooking techniques.

Geometric patterns painted on structures within the Cour Royale of Tiébélé, Burkina Faso.
photographs by Rita Willaert, 2009.

1218A designed the CCA Block Parties this summer. The last one was on Sunday.

New Orleans day 5

E. and D.'s beautiful 1923 shotgun house, Chaoyte and Danica, and the glorious passion flower vine that grows around the back porch.

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New Orleans day 4 pt II

- French colonial architecture in the Bywater and Lower Garden districts: Shotgun Houses, Steamboat Houses, Creole Cottages, Double Gallery Houses.

Gingerbread and icing.
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chapel

i'm quite excited about this place.

Edmund de Waal's studio in South London, designed by DSDHA.