Died fashion designer Azzedin Alaya

In Paris, fashion designer Azzedin Alaya died. He was 77 years old.

Azzedin Alaya, who moved to Paris from Tunisia in 1957, became widely known in the 1980s. The services of his atelier were used, in particular, Greta Garbo and Mari-Helen de Rothschild, wife of Baron Gi de Rothschild.

In 1980, he released the first collection of PROT-A-PIT and in 1984 received the Award of the Ministry of Culture of France as a designer of the year. By the end of the decade, he opened boutiques in the United States; His clothes were worn by Grace Jones, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Naomi Campbell, Michelle Obama, Mariyon Cotillard.