The Piqué DressSummer 2013

With its impeccable waist-hugging upper body plunging into a gored corolla skirt that encircles the lower hips, this dress is a piece of poetry that refuses to reveal the secrets of its verses. This seamless garment, made from a single piece of material, owes its three-dimensional volume solely to the prodigious techniques used to make it. The masterful pique rib is stitched by a machine specifically designed for this purpose. Azzedine Alaïa devoted many hours to developing the machine in Italy, in the workshop labs of the manufacturer he worked with. #MaisonAlaïa #AzzedineAlaïa #AlaïaEditions #Alaïa