A New Exhibit at SCAD Reveals a Secret Collection Amassed by Azzedine Alaïa

“The Art of Draping,” the newest exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design’s Museum of Fashion, reveals the secret collection of Madame Grès pieces that Azzedine Alaïa collected during his lifetime. The iconic designer once told a good friend he only had about three pieces by the French couturier — but after Alaïa’s death in 2017, that friend, renowned curator and director of the Fondation Azzedine Alaïa Olivier Saillard, discovered there were actually over 900. Unless you were alive between the 1940s and 1980s, it’s unlikely you’ve seen a Madame Grès original in person. While images of them… Read Full Article