Parisian couture house founded by Tunisian-born designer Azzedine Alaïa, owned by Richemont.
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Alaia is a Paris couture house founded, per Richemont, in 1964 by the Tunisian-born couturier Azzedine Alaia, and is today one of Richemont's fashion Maisons with a network of 28 stores and Myriam Serrano as CEO. The house is known for body-focused ready-to-wear, bags, shoes and accessories, with an in-house atelier savoir-faire built on an exclusive second-skin knitting technique and leather as a core material.
Maison Alaia's own FAQ states that the size shown on the item label appears on every product page and is converted into the shopper's country sizing, and directs clients to its size chart, which groups sizes under indicative values from XXS to XXXL.
Items bought on the online boutique can be returned within 30 days of delivery, free of charge, via a prepaid DHL label, provided merchandise is in original condition with tags and packaging; returns must ship from the country of purchase and fragrances are non-returnable. Refunds are processed 3 to 7 business days after the return reaches the warehouse.
On the US storefront (USD), the bags category price filter spans $850 to $3,900, with the Le Teckel small leather bag listed at $2,800; the ready-to-wear category filter spans $450 to $11,000.
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