Jacques Azagury

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Jacques Azagury is a Moroccan-born fashion designer.

Azagury was born in Morocco to a Jewish family,{{cite news|last= Granik|first= Darina|title= The Jewish Designers Behind Princess Diana's Most Iconic Looks: Through dresses made by David Sassoon, Victor Edelstein and Jacque Azagury, the People's Princess lives on|url= https://www.heyalma.com/the-jewish-designers-behind-princess-dianas-most-iconic-looks/|access-date=December 1, 2023|newspaper=HeyAlma|date=August 2, 2023}} and studied at the London College of Fashion and St Martin's School of Art, before opening his flagship store in London's Knightsbridge in 1987.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/the-5-minute-interview-jacques-azagury-fashion-designer-800594.html |title=The 5-minute Interview: Jacques Azagury, Fashion designer | Features | Lifestyle |newspaper=The Independent |date=26 March 2008 |accessdate=17 January 2016}}

Azagury has created clothes for Princess Diana, Helen Mirren and Elizabeth McGovern.{{cite web|last=Michals |first=Susan |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324576304579073101523068992 |title=20 Odd Questions With Fashion Designer Jacques Azagury |website=WSJ.com |date=20 September 2013 |accessdate=17 January 2016}} Azagury would visit Diana for dress fittings at her apartment in Kensington Palace.{{cite book|author=Paul Burrell|author-link=Paul Burrell|title=The Way We Were: Remembering Diana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_TeCEIYjp1gC|year=2007|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-00-725263-3|page=26}}

In December 2023, a black velvet and royal-blue organza dress that Azagury designed for Diana in 1985 sold at auction for close to $1.15 million (the highest amount for any of Diana's dresses sold at auction up to that date, and eleven times what the auction house, Julien's Auctions, had predicted the dress would sell for).{{cite news|last= Albeck-Ripka|first= Livia|title= Dress Worn by Princess Diana Sells for a Record $1.15 Million|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/style/princess-diana-dress-auction.html|access-date=December 19, 2023|newspaper=New York Times|date=December 18, 2023}}