The beret on the skull like the typical artist seen in America, Arthur Elgort, at the age of 82, is in the spotlight and “Free”, until August 20, at the Alaïa Foundation, in Paris.
He wanted to become a painter, Azzedine Alaïa wanted to be a sculptor.
By a side step, they moved respectively towards photography and sewing.
Under the curatorship and direction of Carla Sozzani and Olivier Saillard, the fruit of their exchanges becomes a series of magical alcoves where each outfit has its image stolen behind the scenes, (carried) by the very young models - Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell , Linda Spierings - not yet queens of the catwalks of the 1990s. Sweet smile and benevolent memory, this resolutely optimistic New Yorker tells Le
Figaro
.
LE FIGARO.
- How did you come to Alaïa?
Arthur ELGORT.
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I knew him when he had a really tiny studio.
His models were not yet famous, apart from Grace Jones.
I already knew Naomi (
Campbell, editor's note
), it's...
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