Mugler, Spring/Summer 2012, Paris Fashion Week
With an opening on the silver screen of Lady Gaga telling us not to mess with Mugler, but in a more vivid vocabulary, creative director Nicola Formichetti set the stage for the aggressive, perversive and drama-packed collection for his second runway. Colors of tan and camel were defined by precision and grace. Skirts were defined by asymmetrical hemlines. Jackets kept the specific DNA of the brand, but again with asymmetrical fronts, uneven hems and often dropped low in the back. Nude and camel blurred the lines between flesh and fabric. There was a subtle wave motif to the cuts and seaming. Models carried forged metal branches or underwater plant life in their hands. Strips dangled from skirts and tattered hems on pants like jellyfish. The only print was a spare blade of grass or slender seaweed that ran up and down on a white ground. Laser-cut black leather resembled fish scales on a jacket. With all of the Alexander McQueen references that are surfacing with the recent Met exhibit, it was hard not to sense a hint of Lee’s blockbuster shipwreck collection that ironically opened with a movie as well. This young man definitely has talent!
The film was directed by photographers Inez and Vinoodh and revealed a brand new Lady Gaga remix.
Lady Gaga
