Alaïa Velvet Cinched Mini Dress

Velvet makes a particularly rich canvas for Alaïa’s enduring fascination with the cinched waist, a silhouette Azzedine Alaïa helped make his signature through his body-sculpting designs of the '80s. This mini dress keeps everything else deliberately restrained, using a crew neck and long sleeves to place the focus firmly on its sharply defined middle.