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AZ Factory Announces Partnership with Thebe Magugu

Alicia Vikander, Thebe Magugu and Delphine Arnault | Source: Courtesy

The South African designer and 2019 LVMH Prize winner will be the Alber Elbaz-founded brand’s first “Amigo,” part of a new initiative that will rotate visiting talent to design products.

The Amigos system is based on Elbaz’s original vision for AZ Factory to serve as a “collective laboratory and factory,” the brand said in a statement.

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