ALAIA, Azzedine. Alaia.

(Göttingen): Steidl, 1998.  First edition.  Quarto.  255 pages.  Preface Michel Turnier.  Stupendous visual monograph showcasing the stunning designs of Azzedine Alaia.  Illustrated throughout with photographic plates, (including fold-outs), by Arthur Elgort, Bruce Weber, Annie Leibovitz, Paolo Roversi, Ellen von Unwerth, and many others.  A fine copy in decorated boards with printed glassine dust jacket housed in publisher’s card slipcase, slipcase with some scratching.  Stated limited edition, although limitation not stated. This example inscribed by Alaia with additional hand-painted decoration.  Very scarce thus.