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When news broke that Pieter Mulier would step down as Creative Director of Alaïa after five years at the helm, it landed with the curious weight that only rare fashion transitions carry, not a seismic shock but a moment that seems to crystallize broader anxieties, evolutions and the very nature of creative stewardship in luxury fashion today.  For the Paris-based maison, founded by the late Azzedine Alaïa, couturier, sculptor of flesh and cloth, and one of fashion’s most singular voices,the appointment of a successor was always going to be a fraught act of succession. In 2021, when Alaïa’s parent company, Richemont, entrusted the house’s reins to Mulier, it was a statement: this brand, known for its idiosyncratic physiques and fiercely independent spirit, was...