ALAÏA DRESSES

Alaïa dresses sculpt, envelop, liberate, and exalt the female form like only Alaïa can. These unmistakable dresses are a way of interpreting the body with respect and enhancing the identity of the wearer. From the beginning, Alaïa dresses have defended a powerful and autonomous femininity—one that stands apart from fleeting trends. Each Alaïa dress is born of a complex anatomical study, a transformation from matter to elegant and sinuous form.

What makes an Alaïa dress unique?

Each Alaïa dress is constructed like soft architecture. The fabric doesn’t cover the body—it highlights and accompanies it. The pattern doesn’t hide—it exalts and frees feminine fashion. From the legendary ultra-fine knit to structured taffeta, materials are not chosen at random. They are selected like one selects colours in a masterful painting, chosen for how they embrace the body without rigidity. There are no unnecessary adornments, no distractions. Only a quiet, composed, and timeless sense of balance.

Alaïa dresses respect natural movement and instantly elevate the person wearing them. They adapt to a real, moving body in its most elegant moments. And on that canvas, they transform it; they elevate it; they exalt it. The result is a garment that feels like a second skin, an extension of our most refined self.

How does Pieter Mulier dress today’s Alaïa woman?

Pieter Mulier has not tried to recreate Azzedine’s work. He has chosen to translate it for the present and future. His version of Alaïa dresses is a true ode to freedom. To emotion and a pure love of fashion. In some of his recent collections, the dresses even eliminate zippers, hooks, and anything that might restrict the organic movement of body and fabric. They float over the female silhouette like air, as seen in his Guggenheim show, where models descended Frank Lloyd Wright’s spiral as if levitating above the guests.

Each Alaïa dress by Mulier preserves the original soul of the maison, reimagined for the future. Over that, he adds a functional, serene, almost spiritual dimension.

How to style an Alaïa dress?

There is no single way. An Alaïa dress can be worn with flat sandals or sculptural heels. What matters is always the prominence of the main piece: the spectacular dress. It can accompany you daily depending on the level of formality, or mark an unforgettable moment with its subtle language. It doesn’t seek attention, but it never goes unnoticed.

At OTTODISANPIETRO, we celebrate this new chapter of the maison with a selection that honours both its legacy and its present. The Alaïa dresses you’ll find here are pieces designed to stay with you. To accompany you with beauty, precision, and a deep sense of emotion. To remind you that dressing is a form of freedom.