The house of Alaïa may be known for its serpentine silhouettes and languid styles, but since taking the helm in 2021, Creative Director Pieter Mulier has probed a conflict that has long been at the heart of the label: a tension between calm and chaos. Plucked from its latest collection, the Evasee dress is sculpted to a scoop neckline to artfully reveal the lines of your décolletage and subtly whittles your waist with corseted boning at the bodice, falling to a calf-skimming, flared skirt.| Alaïa stretch-linen maxi dress90% linen, 10% elastaneConcealed zip fastening at backSlim fit, scoop neck, short cap sleeves, embroidered cups and boning at bodice, flared panelled hemSpecialist dry clean onlyMade in ItalyTrue to sizeSize UK 8: length 50in / 127cmModel is 5ft 10in/1.78m and wears a size UK 8Midweight, slight stretch