Thierry Mugler has always been known as a creative revolutionary in the fashion world, and when he launched his first fragrance, Angel, 20 years ago, it was a completely shocking concept in many ways.
From the weird scent to the crazy ad campaigns (and the fashion that inspired them), take a walk down memory lane with us to celebrate Angel’s 20th anniversary in the US.
Gaga Returns the Favor: Nicola Formichetti, Lady Gaga’s stylist, has tapped the popstar to create an original soundtrack for his upcoming menswear show at Thierry Mugler, where he is now the creative director. {WWD}
Is it Oldfield? Is Diana-favorite Bruce Oldfield designing Kate Middleton‘s wedding dress? Who knows, but royal snitches do say that she’s made a decision as to whom will be creating the most-anticipated dress of the century. {The Daily Mail}
This morning, at the ungodly hour of 7:30, the 8th Annual “WWD Beauty Biz Awards” took place at the Four Seasons Restaurant in NYC. Being consummate beauty professionals, everyone in attendance looked refreshed and chic, with lots of Chanel bags and perfectly applied lipstick.
Gina Sanders, the president and CEO of Fairchild Fashion Group, started off the presentation by dishing about changes coming to WWD and Style.com (now owned by Fairchild, of course).
WWD is getting an overall architecture redesign in 2011, and an eight page section called “WWD Style” will be introduced; it will provide deeper “business insight, analysis, and fun.” The men’s coverage will be increased, with new beefier quarterly sections and more weekly coverage. The Beauty Biz insert will also be overhauled. And finally, an iPad application is coming.
Gina was more vague about Style.com– “Like ladies having work done, we don’t want to reveal too much,” she said–but big changes are clearly afoot. She mentioned the potential to reach millions of fanatic fashion and beauty consumers through the site. We will be watching closely.
Now onto the awards.
Yesterday afternoon we headed over to Clarins’ offices for a preview of Thierry Mugler‘s new fragrance. What we got was an incredibly in-depth and surprisingly interesting tutorial on all that went into the fragrance, which was apparently a lot of time, money and planning. The execution of the preview itself blew us away. Everything in the room, from the lighting to the cocktails to the liquid inside the perfume bottles, was pink. The hors d’œuvres included caviar and figs, which we would later come to find out out are two of the scent’s main ingredients.
The name of the fragrance is, um, Womanity. There was a whole lot of waxing philosophical on the inspiration behind this name, which we will spare you. However, we did find it pretty hilarious that Donna Summers, unaware of Mugler’s fragrance, is apparently coming out with a song called “Womanity,” and the people at at Clarins/Thierry Mugler are desperately trying to work out some kind of collaboration.
Sander’s Live Stream: Jil Sander will live-stream its upcoming Spring/Summer 2011 Men’s Fashion Show on its website. The stream will take place on Thursday, June 17 at 3:15pm. For behind the-scenes access of the show, become a fan of Jil Sander on Facebook. {Twitter, @PRConsulting}
Blushing Bride: Behati Prinsloo gives Modelinia some details about her best friend Coco Rocha’s recent wedding in France. We’re dying to see pictures of the bride in her Zac Posen gown! {Modelinia}
It-Girl Picks: Model and DJ Harley Viera-Newton shares her favorite NYC spots and a summertime playlist, with an option to download the tunes for free. The girl has good taste. {Refinery 29}
The Tierry Mugler label, revived in 2008, is rumored to be shopping for a new creative director. The status of current artistic director Rosemary Rodriguez is unknown.
WWD reports that Gareth Pugh is the front-runner for the position, which is understandable and probably true. Pugh’s dramatic silhouettes and unconventional designs reject the traditional conception of ready-to-wear and flirt with the idea of fashion as art, much like Mugler did in the late ’70s and ’80s. Pugh is also a responsible choice since he is only 29 years old, the perfect age for a position that Mugler’s owners will expect him to fill for at least ten to fifteen years.
Along with our desire for Simon Doonan to pretty please start Tweeting, I would also like to add having a drink and a chat with photographer Roxanne Lowit to my list for Santa. I’ve long been a fan of her celebrity portraits, her editorials and especially her nightlife shots. She’s also been shooting backstage at Read more →
After seeing the Richard Avedon fashion photography exhibit at the International Center for Photography, our love of fifties glamour is revived. We especially love the circle skirts that give volume to the models’ slim frames. The fifties have certainly never disappeared from the fashion spotlight but what’s being accentuated of late, however, is the hips Read more →
Magical Machines: Gareth Pugh constructed outrageous plastic masks to accompany Thierry Mugler’s cyborg outfits for Dazed & Confused’s man machine issue. {DazedDigital} Paris Je T’aime: It’s the second annual A Shaded View on Fashion Film festival curated by Diane Pernet and hosted by Jeu de Paume and Standard Magazine. You can submit your films here. Read more →
Another point for Style.com: The day before Thanksgiving, they predicted that Beyonce, who was jiggling on the Today Show that morning, would announce that Thierry Mugler would be designing the costumes for her upcoming Sasha Fierce tour. But even though we paced between rooms to try to catch the announcement for over two hours, which Read more →
