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From the Alaïa fall 2017 couture collection, shown in Paris.
Valerio Mezzanotti for The New York Times; thumbnail, Ed Alcock for The New York Times, 2010
Azzedine Alaïa
Died on November 18, 2017 at age 82
Known as a sculptor of the female form and worn by women from Michelle Obama to Lady Gaga, Mr. Alaïa was one of the greatest and most uncompromising designers of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.