Pieter Mulier
Creative Director, Alaïa
Raf Simons’ right-hand man at Jil Sander and at Dior, Mulier was tasked with executing Simons’ vision for the American brand before leaving with the designer in 2018 and now taking on the helm at Alaïa.
Pieter Mulier is the creative director of the Richemont-owned Maison Azzedine Alaïa brand. He was previously Calvin Klein’s creative director and Raf Simons’ longstanding right-hand man, tasked with executing the designer’s vision for the iconic American brand. In 2018, when Simons left Calvin Klein less than two years after his debut, Mulier also exited the brand.
Belgian-born Mulier studied architecture at the Brussels Institut Saint-Luc, and was subsequently invited by Simons to do an internship at his namesake label, before returning in 2002 as senior head designer to lead the creative team.
He followed Simons to Jil Sander in 2006, where he became the director of accessories. In 2012, when his mentor invited him to join Dior, Mulier jumped at the chance to work in an atelier of one of the original Parisian couture houses, assisting Simons as the link between the designer and the studio staff.
His role at Dior was highlighted in Frédéric Tcheng’s documentary “Dior and I,” which revealed Mulier as the middleman between the Simons and the atelier.
When Simons moved to lead Calvin Klein after three years at Dior, Mulier was appointed creative director, charged with managing the design teams. The debut collection for the Autumn/Winter 2017 season received critical acclaim — Mulier took a bow with Simons at the end of the show.
Mulier was appointed creative director of Alaïa in February 2021. His first collection for Alaïa was shown in Paris for Spring/Summer 2022.
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Pieter Mulier Exits Alaïa After 5 Years
As the first creative director to succeed founder Azzedine Alaïa, Mulier rejuvenated the Paris-based brand with highly-refined, sculptural styles, bringing runway drama and spawning commercial hits like the Teckel bag and mesh ballerina flats.
Pieter Mulier Exits Alaïa After 5 Years
As the first creative director to succeed founder Azzedine Alaïa, Mulier rejuvenated the Paris-based brand with highly-refined, sculptural styles, bringing runway drama and spawning commercial hits like the Teckel bag and mesh ballerina flats.
Raf Simons and Pieter Mulier: Why Fashion Needs Disrupting
The top designers sit down with Tim Blanks to discuss creative risk-taking, the meaning of luxury and how to disrupt fashion, courtesy of Self Service.
Raf Simons and Pieter Mulier: Why Fashion Needs Disrupting
The top designers sit down with Tim Blanks to discuss creative risk-taking, the meaning of luxury and how to disrupt fashion, courtesy of Self Service.
Does Fashion Know What Women Want?
This Paris Fashion Week, the delicate balance between fantasy and function faltered, raising questions about whether designers truly understand the women they dress.
Does Fashion Know What Women Want?
This Paris Fashion Week, the delicate balance between fantasy and function faltered, raising questions about whether designers truly understand the women they dress.
A Lost Weekend in Paris: Chapter One
From A to B with Alaïa and Balenciaga, writes Tim Blanks.
A Lost Weekend in Paris: Chapter One
From A to B with Alaïa and Balenciaga, writes Tim Blanks.
Paris Couture Week: All or Nothing
Couture Week was a polarised affair, opposing restraint and excess, technique and showmanship, real clothes and wild storytelling, with little in between, writes Angelo Flaccavento.
Paris Couture Week: All or Nothing
Couture Week was a polarised affair, opposing restraint and excess, technique and showmanship, real clothes and wild storytelling, with little in between, writes Angelo Flaccavento.
In Search of Modern Couture
Tradition coursed through the veins of Paris couture week with few outliers, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
In Search of Modern Couture
Tradition coursed through the veins of Paris couture week with few outliers, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
At Couture, the Murmuring 30s
The first days of the Paris couture shows offered subliminal reflections of other times and places when things were just as bad as they are now, writes Tim Blanks.
At Couture, the Murmuring 30s
The first days of the Paris couture shows offered subliminal reflections of other times and places when things were just as bad as they are now, writes Tim Blanks.
Pieter Mulier: Alaïa And I
A year into his tenure, the designer talks to Tim Blanks about wrestling with the riddle of one of fashion’s most intensely personal and technically challenging legacies.
Pieter Mulier: Alaïa And I
A year into his tenure, the designer talks to Tim Blanks about wrestling with the riddle of one of fashion’s most intensely personal and technically challenging legacies.
The Humility of Pieter Mulier’s Alaïa Debut
The designer was supremely faithful to Azzedine Alaïa with a celebration of female beauty that oozed energy and sexuality, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
The Humility of Pieter Mulier’s Alaïa Debut
The designer was supremely faithful to Azzedine Alaïa with a celebration of female beauty that oozed energy and sexuality, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
Richemont’s Alaïa Names Pieter Mulier Creative Director
The appointment signals Richemont’s growing interest in its fashion division and gives a longtime Raf Simons deputy a chance to shine on his own.
Richemont’s Alaïa Names Pieter Mulier Creative Director
The appointment signals Richemont’s growing interest in its fashion division and gives a longtime Raf Simons deputy a chance to shine on his own.
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