"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Since opening its first atelier in Paris during the late '70s, fashion brand Alaïa has been revered ...

The upcoming presidential election is clearly on many designers’ minds. Pieter Mulier, the creative director of Alaïa, was certainly mulling America—its lore, its culture, what it means to dress like ...

Recently, at a dinner party in Paris, I was talking with an accessories designer at a major French fashion house about the trajectory of today’s emerging talents. “They are very good at function and ...