MoMu Highlights: Azzedine Alaïa

During this visit you will discover everything that MoMu has to offer! A MoMu guide will take you through the temporary exhibition Azzedine Alaïa. The Eye of the Collector and provide an insight into the collection presentation, which includes masterpieces by Martin Margiela, A.F.Vandevorst, Ann Demeulemeester, Raf Simons, … Afterwards you will pay a short visit to the exhibit on the ground floor.

MoMu highlights the practice and passion of fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa, uniting his designs, work process, and a selection of garments by the great masters of cut from his extensive collection.

A master couturier, Azzedine Alaïa loved to study closely the techniques of the great masters of the past in a quest for knowledge that never opposed him to them, but incited him to surpass himself. A discerning collector, he assembled a collection that reflected this passion, one that combines the art of cutting, patternmaking and creativity.

MoMu’s collection presentation looks back at four decades of Belgian fashion, complemented by a selection from the museum’s historical collection. The exhibition gives an overview of the most important protagonists of Belgian fashion, based on the themes that characterise the distinctive nature of the MoMu Collection.

MoMu examines how textile practices carry and transmit social, cultural, and historical meanings across generations, with a special focus on chintz.

Today, hand-painted and printed floral cotton fabrics from India – known as chintz – are once again the focus of attention. What story can a fabric tell beyond its wearability? Centered on the archives and historical textile collections of MoMu, this exhibition investigates fabrics as material repositories of memory, trade, politics, and community history. Focusing on hand-painted and printed floral cotton textiles from India, it examines how textile practices carry and transmit social, cultural, and historical meanings across generations.