Thierry Mugler's costumes for Beyoncé's I Am... World Tour, opened Edmonton 26 March 2009: creative adviser, ten looks, a 71-piece wardrobe, the gold bodysuit
The gold bodysuit was adapted from a white version in Mugler's spring 1998 haute couture collection. Of Beyoncé (@beyonce), he said she was a complete artist: "She dances incredibly well, she acts, she sings."
Mugler (@muglerofficial) shows Spring 2027 in Paris on 4 October.
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01THIERRY MUGLER DRESSED BEYONCÉ'S I AM... WORLD TOUR, WHICH OPENED IN EDMONTON ON 26 MARCH 2009. HE WAS ITS CREATIVE ADVISER, AND THE COSTUMES WERE HIS.
02SHE WORE TEN DIFFERENT LOOKS IN THE SHOW. THE WARDROBE FOR HER, HER DANCERS AND HER BAND RAN TO 71 PIECES.
03AMONG THEM, A GOLD BODYSUIT.
04MUGLER HAD RETIRED FROM HIS OWN HOUSE IN 2002. HE KEPT MAKING CLOTHES, AND EVERY COSTUME ON THIS TOUR WAS HIS.
05HE DIED ON 23 JANUARY 2022, AGED 73. BEYONCÉ'S WEBSITE CARRIED FIVE WORDS: REST IN PEACE THIERRY MUGLER.