Pieter Mulier has developed one of the most distinctive design languages in Paris, his Alaïa falling somewhere between organic and futuristic, each gesture as decisive and dramatic as a slashed Fontana canvas.

Here was another electrifying show for the Belgian designer, whose BFF (best fashion friend) Raf Simons mingled with guests before the show on the LED floor laid out at the old Cartier Foundation building, relishing the toasty heat it emitted on a windy, rainy morning in Paris.

The monitors were reflected in the low, mirrored ceiling and broadcast closeup footage of the models’ faces as they strolled out.

“Putting the girls and the beauty at the center,” Mulier told a huddle of editors after the show, also citing a wish to make “clothes that cry.”

“I didn’t want something dramati

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