DUBAI: Kim Kardashian was spotted on the streets of Paris last week wearing a show-stopping bodysuit by late Tunisian couturier Azzedine Alaïa — and she followed it up with another look by the renowned designer over the weekend. In Paris, she showed off the head-to-toe leopard print suit with a matching coat, gloves and high-heeled boots. The ensemble hailed from Alaïa’s Fall 1991 collection. The reality star-turned-mogul took to Instagram to share candid snaps of herself posing in the skin-tight bodysuit. “You don’t understand...this is an Alaia,” she joked in the caption. A few days later, she took to Instagram with another series of photos, in which she is seen wearing a black, semi-sheer body suit by the designer along with a black beret. An a whatta???” she captioned the latest clutch of risqué snaps. (Getty Images) Kardashian seems to be having a momentary love affair with animal print — she turned heads in a skin-tight, snakeskin dress by Thierry Mugler when she sat down for a chat on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” in February, before following it up with the Alaia bodysuits. Alaia, who died in November 2017, was a renowned designer, known by the fashion world as the “King of Cling.” Born in 1935, trained as a sculptor at the School of Fine Art in Tunis. That background is evident in many of his figure-hugging designs — particularly the stunning, pared-down evening gowns. Alaia’s world was not for ordinary mortals, it was an extraordinary place for beautiful people living a dream. In the film made by Ellen von Unwerth during the preparation, staging and aftermath of an Alaia show in 1990, you see Naomi Campbell, Helena Christensen and Christy Turlington at the height of their beauty and fame reminding us of the ‘supermodel’ era, when these women dominated the international tabloid press. Alaia himself said, “I make clothes, women make fashion.” And you only have to think of stars such as Rihanna and Penelope Cruz wearing his designs on the red carpet to understand what he means. The influence of Arab architecture is evident in some of his designs. His use of lace and perforated fabrics, especially broderie anglaise and punched or laser-cut leather, recalls the mashrabiya. Also notable was his avoidance of surface embellishment such as embroidery or applied decoration. Instead, Alaia keyed pattern into the very fabric of his garments, making it an integral part of their structure, altering both their weight and form.