Fashion Reverie looks back at Thierry Mugler’s motorcycle corset/dress which received worldwide recognition after appearing in the George Micheal’s video “Too Funky.” The video directed by Thierry Mugler included models Linda Evangelista, Tyra Banks, Nadja Auermann, Emma Sjöberg, Estelle Hallyday, Shana Zadrick, as well as actresses Julie Newmar and Rossy de Palma. Originally the video was to include supermodels Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, and Tatjana Patitz. Later, Mugler decided instead to keep supermodel Linda Evangelista and use new models. The motorcycle corset/dress was a part of Thierry Mugler’s spring/summer 1992 haute couture collection.
In 2010 Thierry Mugler recreated the motorcycle corset dress for superstar pop icon Beyoncé Knowles for her album “I AM … Sascha Fierce.”
—Staff
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- thierry-mugler-too-funky-corset1.jpg — Editorial image.
- beyonce-sasha-fierce-pictures-thierry-mugler-motorcycle-top-l.jpg — Editorial image.
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