Mugler & Alaïa: They’re Alive!

PARIS and ANTWERP — My couture week started with a synchronicity, so it’s only fitting it should end with one. Even if the houses of Thierry Mugler and Azzedine Alaïa were not technically part of the couture schedule, their presentations were a slambang climax to the week. In life, Thierry, before he re-incarnated as Manfred, was so supportive of his friend Azzedine that he was acknowledged as an architect of his success. In death, their…