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In early 2019, Cardi B surprised four people on the red carpet of the Gran Beauty, and wrote a push from the 90s ghost designer. At the time of the push writing, before sending, I saw that the circle of friends was full of news of Karl Lagerfeld's death. A generation of masters fell, whether they liked it or not, a play officially ended. But who would have thought that just three years later, in almost the same season, the French "ghost" had also left. He didn't have karl Lagerfeld's popularity and status, and had already sold his eponymous brand early on and retired to do his own thing. He just took the most defiant bionic design to the extreme, he loved drama all his life, and he also turned his life into a sexy drama.
Thierry Mugler said he never wanted to be a fashion designer, he wanted to be a director. He designs dramatic clothes and collaborates with film, theatre and performance. After selling the brand, I really stopped being a fashion designer and began to get involved in the performance industry.
Thierry Mugler
As a Fashion designer
Thierry Mugler never hides his quest for extreme sensuality. In the '90s, sexiness was the trend, but what made Mugler different from everyone else was that he was naked and strong, and he was the female Alpha at the top of the food chain. But back to the 80s, when designers were just beginning, when the sexy label was not yet engraved on the bones, you can still see the heartwarming design.
In 1984, Thierry Mugler's ready-to-wear collection was called La Madona, and the model Hanging Wea appeared on the show of intention thorns, and the picture was very moving
In the autumn and winter of 1983, the model's hair was like satin, and she wore a draped robe and led a white Afghan dog
In 1987, Thierry Mugler was between the worlds of color
Also in 1987, punk standing on the lunar surface
In the 90s, the heroine of A-Day-A land shined
Thierry's designs in the 90s inspired the styling of many sci-fi movies
Fall/Winter 1996 collection
The Fall/Winter 1995 Thierry Mugler haute couture collection, a show for the brand's 20th anniversary, was extraordinarily lively, creating countless classic fashion moments that were regarded as the pinnacle of sexy fashion throughout the 90s.
In the show, the brand recalled Thierry Mugler's most classic designs. There were too many pieces on the show, including golden armor like a suit, and the famous elegant evening wear. The ultimate creativity, regardless of the sexiness, became the most perfect footnote of that era. Once controversial, looking back now, such bold freedom is very enviable. At the end of the curtain, all the models, dressed in elegant or alien-like clothes, danced to the music on the catwalk, pulled the designer together, twisted their bodies, and applauded thunderously. Is it difficult to have this kind of crowded bustle in the future?
Thierry Mugler was the finest bionic fashion designer of the last century. The so-called bionic design is to imitate the shape of the animals and plants in nature for design. Whether it is college fashion design or street wild fashion design, we all know that bionics is a red line and cannot be stepped on at all. Anyone who actually dresses a model as a caterpillar, a lion, or a blooming flower will be collectively despised and despised fiercely. It was a cosplay or kindergarten finale, not a fashion. But Thierry Mugler is different, he does bionic design, he has his own strong style, which makes everything look very moving.
Directly making the handlebars of the motorcycle on the clothes, Tierry Mugler is definitely not soft, it seems to be directly copied, but if you try, it must not look good
Alexander McQueen loves birds, and Tierry Mugler predates him by designing to mimic bird feathers, from the fall/winter of 1997
As a Couture designer
His creativity is wild and avant-garde, and even today it seems like he came from the world of the future. Now that he's gone, nearly 30 years have passed since his peak as a designer.
He began designing his own stuff in 1973, opening his first store in Paris in 1978, and throughout the '80s and '90s, Thierry Mugler became a globally renowned designer. In 1992, he was recognized by the Paris Fashion Trade Union and began to release haute couture collections.
The 1997 couture manuscript felt like every little man was dancing with teeth and claws
Today, designers still haven't sold this part of haute couture to any major group. This piece of high-end ready-to-wear is now released every season, but it has been tepid. The release of haute couture has long stopped, today's economic situation is not as good as before, to see the good-looking couture, the 90s is the best time. The same goes for Mugler.
In 1995, the female warrior in haute couture, later in collaboration with Beyondcé, can see a lot of the shadow of the works of this period
It was also 1995, for Mugler, 1995 was a good year, and from here, the image of the scorpion wrapped tightly in a black suit was deeply rooted in people's hearts
As a Costume designer
Thierry Mugler has always loved movies, films, and acting more than fashion. As early as 1985, Thierry Mugler had designed Macbeth's costume, and today he took it out again to take a closer look, still marveling at the feeling of being between beauty and corruption, so intense.
After becoming completely popular in the 1990s, Thierry Mugler rarely really worked as a full-time costume designer on a near-film crew, but his 1993 black dress for Demi Moore in the film further stabilized and cemented his reputation.
Thierry Mugler has also directed some short films and music videos, and has actually made a cameo appearance in a film. Even on his own runway, he couldn't hide his love for the stage, and everything was full of drama. Drama is also the most critical part of Thierry Mugler's design.
In 2002, Thierry Mugler teamed up with Cirque du Soleil to design the entire stage costume for the Zoo for Mankind (Zumanity) and participated in directing a scene throughout the performance. The whole dance drama shows the hidden sexy side of human beings. Thierry Mugler applied his 1995 design to this dance play, and it is most appropriate to match such a theatrical theme.
As a Photographer
Fans of Thierry Mugler are well aware that the designer has always loved photography. In 1988, Mugler even published a book celebrating his work, Thierry Mugler-Photographer. Thanks to Helmut Newton, Mugler began to take pictures: at the time, he asked photographers to shoot for brand commercials, but from the moment Newton started taking pictures, the two men began to argue. Mugler wants one state, newton prefers another, and the same thing happens with frames, angles, lights, and so on. After this painful collaboration, Newton told Mugler that he should start photographing himself.
Mugler first photographed the models wearing his designs, but soon he had other hobbies — architecture. This hobby replaced his obsession with fashion and became only a small part of his photographic work. The models blend perfectly into the image or with the surrounding landscape, and contrast with the building, becoming part of a larger picture, perhaps a more intense story. Mugler's work follows a basic principle: whenever he has to take a picture, he asks for the balance of composition, and then mixes important ingredients such as place, lighting and his model. The locations were often chosen based on the characteristics of the building, and Mugler often said he was inspired by the power emanating from a particular building.
With Celebrity
By 2009, Thierry Mugler had become Beyoncé's artistic advisor. ), simple and rough understanding, probably similar to the stylist, may need to consider a little more than the stylist. He designed the I Am for Beyondcé... The whole clothes of the World Tour tour are not difficult to find from these clothes. Both are Beyondcé's favorite bodiesuit, and they are also the basic appearance of the first decade of sexy female singers of the 21st century
In 2010, Lady Gaga flipped out The Mugler's design in the 90s in the MV of telephone, becoming the first artist to wear the Mugler Vintage. In fact, with the dissipation of the frigid style represented by Kate Moss and Celine's Photobe Philo in the late 90s, Mugler's strong sexiness has returned. It's not surprising that celebrities take out his past designs and wear them again and again.
The 2019 Cardi B's Glamour Red Carpet reminds people of The Magic of Mugler again.
At the 2019 Met Gala, Kim Kardashian's water droplets are in the hands of Mugler.
In 2021, Irina Shayk, on the red carpet on the runway, once again wore this 1997 design, and the good design really stood the test of time.
There is only one Thierry Mugler in the world.
Remembering one and only Thierry Mugler
text: Lu Di
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