Where were you?

I can confidently say that this image changed my life.

          While your average 23 year old guy would probably rather wake up with his head sewn to the carpet than admit a photo of an Olsen twin could be so impactful, I'm not even slightly ashamed. I guess I am just kind of fascinated by the idea of stomping through Hollywood in a pair of giant Fendi platforms, nonchalantly sporting tights with a fur coat. Her sexy pink lips and disheveled blonde hair, those giant Balenciaga shades and vintage Chanel handbag. Face it: no one, living or dead, has style like Mary-Kate.

Alaïa × Steidl

Betty Lago in Alaïa, by David Seidner.

Alaïa dresses Tina Turner in The Adirondack Mountains in a beautiful

moment immortalized by Bruce Weber.

This incredible volume

is the result of the collaboration of fashion genius Azzedine Alaïa, author Michael Tournier, and legendary artists such as Julian Schnabel, Martine Barrat and Bruce Weber. It was first printed by storied German publishing house Steidl in 1987. The rare book offers a peek into the world of the École des Beaux-Arts-trained sculptor who left Tunisia to completely reshape Parisian Haute Couture. The covetable 240-page, eight-pound volume was released in a glassine dust jacket with gold lettering and housed in an intricately illustrated slipcase, and today easily sells for $1,000 amongst collectors.