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MUGLER is a fashion house founded by Manfred Thierry Mugler in 1975 until his retirement in 2003 following his final Haute Couture show. Manfred Thierry Mugler was born in Strasbourg, FR (21 December, 1948 — 23 January 2022). He was a photographer, stylist, painter, dancer, stage and video director, set designer, co-writer, and specialist in Art Direction and Perfume. When Nicola Formichetti became the creative director, the brand became simply known as Mugler with a new logo; since 2017, the brand's creative director is Casey Cadwallader. Manfred's creations are mainly seen in the music videos for "Paparazzi" and "Telephone". While Nicola Formichetti's creations under MUGLER are seen in the music video of "Born This Way". Manfred's Origami Dress from the Fall Winter collection of 1991 was later recreated and reinterpreted by The Haus of Gaga in 2008-2009 and 2010-11 for The Monster Ball Tour. Mugler died on the 23rd of January 2022 of natural causes. Prior to his death, Manfred spent his last few years creating costumes for Kim Kardashian, while his older creations were worn by the likes of Cardi B and Celine Dion.

Creative Director

In 2010, Lady Gaga wrote a piece on what she thinks of her personal stylist, Nicola Formichetti’s, new position as creative director of MUGLER.

Blood pumps through Nicola’s veins like perfume and cigarettes. His brain throbs with misfit royalty, glamour as punk survival, attitude as liberation, style as revolution. THIERRY MUGLER has a way with legendary lifestyle and Nicola is just that: Epic Lifestyle, Freakdom, Gorgeous or Die, The “fuck” in future poetry, the street in High-Fashion. Nicola Formichetti is Fashion’s Freedom. I love him, my friend the genius, my collaborator, more than any piece of clothing or closet I possess. But don’t tell him I said that, he’ll die. He picked them all out.

—Lady Gaga

Ready-to-wear (RTW) Collections

Fall/Winter 1988 "Les Infernales"

Fall/Winter 1990 "Cabaret Kessler"

Spring/Summer 1991

Spring/Summer 1999

Fall/Winter 2010

Fall/Winter 2011 "Anatomy of Change"

The women's ready to wear collection is a part of the Winter/Fall 2012 line. In the runway show that took place on March 2, 2011, Lady Gaga made her runway model debut. Gaga was the musical director for the show, where she previewed a track from Born This Way called "Government Hooker". Atsuko Kudo produced and created latex looks for this Mugler collection.

Music

Lady Gaga asked DJ White Shadow to make the megamix for the show. Nicola wanted to include "Born This Way", as the meaning of the song was perfect for the show. Gaga was a bit reluctant as the song was already "mainstream".

  1. Trousers.
  2. Black latex bra and skirt by Atsuko Kudo.
  3. Custom hat by Franc Fernandez for MUGLER.
  4. Tights and gloves.
  5. Boned latex corset by Atsuko Kudo.
  6. Black suede alien platform pumps with curved heel and ankle lacing. Pony hair heels are similar pictured.

Spring/Summer 2012

In Fall 2011, Inez and Vinoodh shot a video of Lady Gaga for the Mugler Spring and Summer 2012 Womenswear collection. The video premiered at the Mugler fashion show in Paris on September 28, 2011.

In the video, titled "Director's Cut MUGLER S/S 12 Runway feat. Lady Gaga", Gaga appears emphasizing "Don't fuck with a Mugler Woman".

  1. Pants with Swarovski elements encrusted fabric front panel.

Fall/Winter 2013

Fall/Winter 2017

Spring/Summer 2020

Haute Couture (HC) Collections

Fall/Winter 1995 "Cirque d'Hiver Anniversaire des 20 ans"

  1. Hat by Philip Treacy for Thierry Mugler.

Spring/Summer 1997 "Les Insects"

Fall/Winter 1997 "Les Chimères"

Spring/Summer 1998 "Jeu de Paume"

Menswear Collections

Fall/Winter 2011 "Anatomy of Change"

The men's ready to wear collection is a part of the Winter/Fall 2012 line. The runway show took place on January 19, 2011. Lady Gaga was the musical director for the show, where she remixed and previewed a track from Born This Way called "Scheiße". The promotional model and star of the fashion film by Mariano Vivanco that was used as a backdrop was Rick "Zombie Boy" Genest, who later appeared in the music video for "Born This Way".

Music

Resort Collections

2012

  1. Jacket. Pictured in white. Lady Gaga wore a custom sand-colored version of the jacket.

Vintage

  1. Vintage 1980 hot pink wool zip jacket with padded shoulders, fitted waist and red silk lining.
  2. Wrap style buckle dress by Thierry Mugler Couture. Most likely, it is from the Spring/Summer 1990 collection. Pictured in baby blue. Lady Gaga wore a similar light blue version of a dress.
  3. Most likely, from Spring/Summer 1992 RTW Collection.
  4. 1980s.
  5. 1990s.

Custom

  1. Alien-inspired molded bodice and leather boots in collaboration with Nasir Mazhar.
  2. Latex outfit, booties and hat in collaboration with Perry Meek.
  3. Alien sunglasses made by Nasir Mazhar.
  4. Dress.
  5. Dress.

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