Edition 1992 Corset 18 leather bag

The story of the Alaïa Edition 1992 Corset 18 bag

The design adopts the logic of the corset, a motif dear to Alaïa, who in the eighties and nineties worked on the female body as if it were an architectural structure. The bag preserves this principle: the leather perforated with geometric patterns and the zigzag edge create a living surface, while the single handle makes it a shoulder bag. The name Edition 1992 recalls the year in which the maison consolidated its language, characterized by precise cuts and sculpted volumes.

The perforated workmanship, achieved with dies that remove leather according to a regular pattern, is the same one Alaïa used in clothing to lighten leather garments without sacrificing their presence. The bag is made in Italy, and its hourglass shape distinguishes it from the soft silhouettes widespread during the same period.

The maison Alaïa

Azzedine Alaïa, born in Tunisia in 1935 and moved to Paris in the fifties, founded his maison in 1964 and built his reputation away from official calendars, presenting collections when they were ready. In the eighties, he became the tailor of fitted silhouettes, appreciated for his ability to sculpt the body with fabric.

After his passing in 2017, the maison has continued to work on his archive, reintroducing historic models and maintaining production in Italy. The Edition 1992 Corset 18 bag belongs to this dialogue between past and present, in which the memory of the Alaïa cut becomes an object to be carried every day.