{"id":1967,"date":"2011-07-08T15:22:38","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T19:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork?p=1967"},"modified":"2011-07-08T15:22:38","modified_gmt":"2011-07-08T19:22:38","slug":"an-icon-for-african-designers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/an-icon-for-african-designers\/","title":{"rendered":"An Icon For African Designers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2011\/07\/86175640_src.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1969 aligncenter lazyload\" title=\"&quot;Star Trek&quot; London Premiere - Outside Arrivals\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2011\/07\/86175640_src.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2011\/07\/naomi_campbell_alaia.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1968 aligncenter lazyload\" title=\"naomi_campbell_alaia\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2011\/07\/naomi_campbell_alaia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2011\/07\/86175640_src.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2011\/07\/michelleobama111009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1970 aligncenter lazyload\" title=\"US President Barack Obama and First Lady\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2011\/07\/michelleobama111009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a long time Azzedine Alaia, Tunisian born fashion designer, has been known in the fashion world as a force to be reckoned with.\u00a0 He was trained to work under the fashion houses of Christian Dior and Guy Laroche.\u00a0 His clothing has been found in prestigious stores such as Barney&#8217;s New York, and has been worn by celebrities and public figures the likes of Naomi Campbell, Michelle Obama, and Rihanna.\u00a0 His eye for intricate design, and statement pieces have been loved and admired by many in the fashion world.\u00a0 Azzedine Alaia is surely an icon and a role model for fashion designers around the world, especially to those of African decent.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Essence Magazine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a long time Azzedine Alaia, Tunisian born fashion designer, has been known in the fashion world as a force to be reckoned with.\u00a0 He was trained to work under the fashion houses of Christian Dior and Guy Laroche.\u00a0 His clothing has been found in prestigious stores such as Barney&#8217;s New York, and has been&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[72,73,75],"tags":[103,448,449,450,451,423,242,452,453],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}