Naomi Campbell Shares Sweet Tribute To Late Designer Azzedine Alaïa On Her Birthday
‘Forever in my heart’: Naomi Campbell shares a series of impressive memories dedicated to the late designer Azzedine Alaïa on her birthday… six years after her death at 77
Naomi Campbell shared a sweet tribute to her friend and late designer Azzedine Alaïa on Sunday night, wishing her a happy birthday.
On Instagram, she posted snapshots and videos of herself and the Tunisian star, who died peacefully in 2017, aged 77, while in a coma in hospital.
The duo worked together on numerous occasions and he became a father figure to her after they met when she was 16 years old.
In a photo the supermodel posted, he was standing next to her while holding a brown dress over her bare body.
She also posed in a stunning floor-length black dress with cutouts along the waist as he altered it in another image and smiled in a white tutu in a separate photograph.
‘Forever in my heart:’ Naomi Campbell shared a sweet tribute to the late designer Azzedine Alaïa and wished her a happy birthday on Sunday
Closing: She also posed in a stunning floor-length black dress with cutouts along the waist as he altered it in another image.
Meanwhile, the videos showed Naomi wearing an intricate black and silver skirt that the designer made adjustments to.
The model captioned her post: ‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD! #AZZEDINE ALAIA!! ALWAYS IN MY HEART !!! #miss you #icon #legend #king.’
Naomi and Azzedine had a close relationship, and the designer took her under his wing when she was starting out as a model.
Speaking to The Independent in 1998, he said: “I didn’t know how to do the catwalk when I started modelling, but he believed in me.”
“That got the attention of other designers, and that’s how I became known, because other designers heard about this girl that Azzedine was working with.”
Naomi was heartbroken after her death and was seen in tears while attending her funeral in 2017.
The supermodel revealed to saudi arabia in 2019 that she missed him ‘so much’ after he passed away.
Alaia was born into a farming family in Tunisia in 1940 and studied sculpture at the capital’s fine arts school before working in a modest neighborhood dressmaker’s shop.
Working together: She smiled in a white tutu in a separate photo as Azzedine stood in the background
‘Happy Birthday Dad!’ The model captioned her post: ‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD! #AZZEDINE ALAIA!! ALWAYS IN MY HEART !!! #i miss you #icon #legend #king’
Moving to Paris in the late 1950s, she worked briefly for Dior and Guy Laroche before going solo, gaining a reputation for sexy designs that celebrate the female form.
His muses ranged from French actress and singer Arletty to Hollywood icon Greta Garbo to statuesque Jamaican singer and actress Grace Jones.
He was nicknamed the “King of Cling” for his form-fitting dresses.
Alaia gained worldwide fame in the 1980s with form-fitting black shorts and zip-back skirts, designs that helped define the confident feminine silhouette of the era.
However, he refused to keep pace with international fashion weeks, releasing his collections on his own time with little concern for publicity.