Mugler SS27: performance artist Alexis Stone in the front row made up as Manfred Thierry Mugler; Miguel Castro Freitas's tribute to Les Insectes, the spring 1997 couture show; spider-web dresses, Mikado tailoring, a snakeskin hourglass dress; Deneuve

Mugler showed on Sunday 4 October at the Carrousel du Louvre, the last chapter of Castro Freitas's trilogy he calls Glorified Clichés. The models walked through a dark oval room, and the clothes ran to leopard and zebra, feathers and scales.

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01ALEXIS STONE SAT IN THE FRONT ROW OF MUGLER'S SPRING 2027 SHOW MADE UP AS THE HOUSE'S FOUNDER, MANFRED THIERRY MUGLER.

02STONE IS A PERFORMANCE ARTIST KNOWN FOR TRANSFORMATIONS, WORKED HERE IN FULL PROSTHETIC MAKE-UP.

03MUGLER DIED IN 2022.

04MIGUEL CASTRO FREITAS'S COLLECTION LOOKED BACK TO LES INSECTES, MUGLER'S SPRING 1997 COUTURE SHOW.

05DRESSES CAME AS FINE AS SPIDERS' WEBS.

06THE TAILORING WAS IN MIKADO SILK, AND A SNAKESKIN HOURGLASS DRESS WAS CUT AWAY AT THE BACK.

07CATHERINE DENEUVE WATCHED FROM THE FRONT ROW. THE SOUNDTRACK INCLUDED A TRACK BY BJÖRK.

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