Thierry Mugler's 20th-anniversary couture show at the Cirque d'Hiver, 1995: 300 looks, Hall, Campbell, Herzigova, Moss, Hedren and Newmar, the six-month metal suit with Jean-Jacques Urcun; Angel 1992; his death
The retrospective Thierry Mugler: Couturissime opened at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts on 2 March 2019 and ran to 8 September, then travelled to the Kunsthal in Rotterdam. The photographs are from Montreal; the museum's records do not name the two looks.
Mugler (@muglerofficial) shows Spring 2027 in Paris on 4 October. Photos: Stephen Kelly Photography, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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01FOR HIS HOUSE'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY IN 1995, THIERRY MUGLER STAGED A COUTURE SHOW AT THE CIRQUE D'HIVER IN PARIS: 300 LOOKS, OVER ABOUT AN HOUR.
02JERRY HALL, NAOMI CAMPBELL, EVA HERZIGOVA AND KATE MOSS WALKED, ALONGSIDE THE ACTRESSES TIPPI HEDREN AND JULIE NEWMAR.
03A FULL-BODY ARTICULATED METAL SUIT BY MUGLER, PHOTOGRAPHED AT THE MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS IN 2019.
04THE 1995 METAL AND PLEXIGLAS SUIT WAS MADE WITH THE ARTIST JEAN-JACQUES URCUN AND TOOK SIX MONTHS OF WORK.
05A MUGLER LOOK IN A GOLD RIBBED METAL CORSET AND A SKIRT OF IRIDESCENT SCALES, FROM THE SAME 2019 EXHIBITION.
06MUGLER'S FIRST PERFUME, ANGEL, HAD COME OUT IN 1992. HE DIED ON 23 JANUARY 2022, AGED 73.
07THE HOUSE IS NOW DESIGNED BY MIGUEL CASTRO FREITAS, WHO JOINED IN APRIL 2025.