What a weekend. If David and Mitchell didn't give me a hard enough time and send me to my chaise with smelling salts and powders, when then, I hear, fashion designer Thierry Mugler went and got a ticket to Fabulon. This week's mood board is for my love of this talented man. Thierry Mugler was one of the first fashion designers, I feel, of the newer generation of designers, that had an impact on this young gayling. It hit me that his work was of fantasy, but mostly Fashion meets Fetish. Mugler had staged some of the most spectacular fashion shows of his time, gave us silhouettes and lines and fabrications we had not seen before, not to mention notably created the stage costumes for Shakespeare's Macbeth, as well as for Cirque du Soleil's Zumanity. He dressed a myriad of the famous from Diana Ross, Jerry Hall, David Bowie, and Lady Gaga, not to mention the costumes for many of Mylene Farmer and Beyonce's tours and videos. I can't recall a runway show of his that wasn't a spectacle. Over the course of his career, Mugler also had collaborated prolifically with many renowned filmmakers, architects, photographers and artist. But it was the fashion, and as a photographer and director, he made the iconic 1990's video Too Funky with Geroge Michel, that really lit me up, and I am sure gave me a push to years later purse drag.
Manfred Thierry Mugler
December 21, 1948- January 23, 2022
One of my all-time favorite songs and videos to date. It still gives me goosebumps and makes me want to cut a runway. Talk about a cameo smorgasbord. From the top 90's fashion models to the fabulous Julie Newmar and Rosie de Palma, to the legendary drag sensations Lysinka and Joey Arias. I wanted a ticket to that party. And it could have ended with me smack dab in betwix Geroge Michael and Thierry Mugler!!
