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The exuberance and creative madness of Thierry Mugler, designer, artist and photographer, are exposed to Paris, inviting to leave the virtual world and push the limits of commercial and standardized fashion.

The exhibition "Thierry Mugler: Couturissime" at the Museum of Decorative Arts (Mad) of Paris opens up to the public on Thursday, a symbolic date because in the middle of the Fashion Week which revives the parades after being confined on the internet during theCOVID PANDEMIE.

It was Thierry Mugler who was in the 1970s the pioneer of the show parade, as we know him today and who missed so much during the confinements.

"It is important to show what Thierry Mugler represents in 2021 to the young generation, perhaps more standardized, less advanced to creativity in a more marketed fashion," said Thierry-Maxime Loriot, commissioner of the'Exhibition, originally produced by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

- Chimera dress and insect dress -

It took two years to create the chimera dress at the exhibition poster, each scales is made and painted by hand and which was seen for only two minutes on the podium.

Jerry Hall wore an "insect" dress in 1997, Emma Sjöberg was in 1992 in corset in the shape of a motorcycle handlebar for the shooting of the clip Too Funcky by George Michael...

The 72 -year -old couturier withdrew from fashion in 2002, but today's pop culture icons like Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Cardi B or Kim Kardashian display his archive outfits for special occasions.

"I was not doing fashion and I didn't follow the trends.It tells a story and perpetuates it in a way, "comments Thierry Mugler in the exhibition catalog.

Plexiglas or metal bustiers, costumes mounted on rubber, use of latex instead of leather, vinyl tailors, false furs: its materials and techniques are revolutionary.

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Likewise for the "gourmet" perfume in which it introduces a molecule used for candies.Launched in 1992, "Angel" will compete in the first place of sales at the legendary n ° 5 of Chanel.

"Mugler wanted to detach himself from haute couture which corresponded to an elite, and show that young people could also wear haute couture and that it could be something other than a dress to go to a chic evening," notes Thierry-MaximeOriole.

The audacity also pays in the men's collections: in 1985, the Minister of Culture Jack Lang was whistled in the National Assembly because of his MAO collar costume signed Mugler worn without tie.The next day, Yves Mourousi, TF1 star presenter, carries the same.

- "Opera in nine acts" -

Like Thierry Mugler and his shows, the exhibition will be "staged" and presented as an "opera in nine acts" with installations and visual effects.

"I love to offer the show.People no longer go to the movies because they have Netflix.Here, they will be able to discover the universe mugler themselves through his photos, paintings, video extracts, "said the commissioner.

In a world "where we must be loved on social networks" and we dress the same "in Montreal, Hong Kong, Melbourne and Paris" with the large distribution brands, the exhibition celebrates audacity and"Individuality"."The idea is that people go out from here with a smile, that they feel happy," said Thierry-Maxime Loriot.

For the director of Mad, Olivier Gabet, Thierry Mugler "put forward the parade as a kind of great communion around the creator, women, musicians...Today, this fashion show seems quite normal to us ".

"We can all like to listen to music on the radio, watch the film on your computer screen, see fashion in digital.But the real emotion is the one we meet when we have this direct contact with creation, "he concludes.