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    Rare Fall 2001 Thierry Mugler Runway Purple Silk Crepe Dress w the Most Incredible Open Cuts Outs

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    Rare Fall 2001 Thierry Mugler Runway Purple Silk Crepe Dress w the Most Incredible Open Cuts Outs

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    • The twin of this dress walk the runway for the Fall 2001 collection and both this purple and a black version were shown on the runway.
    • The dress was made under the creative direction of Thierry Mugler.
    • Mugler was a masterpiece of draping and cut and this is a fantastic example of that. It is cut with Mugler's masterful eye and attention to detail.
    • The dress is extremely difficult to show on a dress form because of the cut through the upper body and arms so please refer to the runway photos for reference. It is spectacular on the body.
    • The dress is made out of a purple silk crepe mix that has a slight texture to it. 
    • A high collar wraps around the neck and the collar is detailed with a silver metal mesh. Onto the mesh are various sized rhinestones set in silver bases. All of them are stitched on one top spot only so they have this incredible little bit of movement.
    • A long keyhole at the front open in a V all the way to an empire set seam at the waist. At the back there is an open slit down to the waist seam so you get a flash of skin there as well.
    • The waist is defined with a wide band of the same purple fabric and I love how it curves upward at the front to meet the bottom of the keyhole there.
    • The skirt flows over the hips and gently widens out as it nears the hem. There is a high slit up the centre front seam which lets a bit of a leg to show when you walk.
    • The sleeves are spectacular. They are split on an angle coming out from the collar. The open split runs all the way down to just above the elbow and then they narrow down to the cuff from there. This gives them an incredible amount of movement around your arms.
    • Each cuff ends in the same highly detailed mesh and rhinestone combination that you see on the collar of the dress and I love how this ties everything together. The cuffs are set on an angle where they fall past the hymn of the sleeve with the mesh ending in a point so that it goes down and over the top of your hand.
    • The dress is fully lined in a black silk and closes with a hidden set back zipper under the slit. It hooks to close at the back of the neck and each cuff has a zipper closure.
    • Tagged a vintage Mugler 42
    • Excellent condition

    Sleeves: approx 26" and the metal mesh falls another 4.5" past that. The upper arm is open because of the open slits. The neck is 14" from end to end
    Bust: 16-18.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
    Waist: to 15.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
    Hips: 19-20" flat across from side seam to side seam
    Bodice: 10.5" from neck to seam under the keyhole
    Total length: 62" from neck to hem
    Slit: 25" from the hem up

    Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

    Item# DD5165

    Reference Photos/Video: Fall 2001 Thierry Mugler.

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    Incredible 1980s Thierry Mugler Black Silk Chiffon Inner Corset Silk Chiffon Dress

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    Incredible 1980s Thierry Mugler Black Silk Chiffon Inner Corset Silk Chiffon Dress

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    • This is a phenomenal dress that we believe dates to the early to mid 1980s.
    • It was made under the creative direction of Thierry Mugler.
    • Mugler was a masterpiece of draping and cut and this is a fantastic example of that. It is cut with Mugler's masterful eye and attention to detail.
    • It is made out of a black silk chiffon that sits over an inner structured and boned bodice. The dress under that is a play on transparency. The way the silk is draped in parts make some of it less transparent. The silk is gathered and placed to wrap around the body and emphasizes your curves.
    • A panel of fabric extends up to create a single strap that wraps and hooks into place around the neck. A little half bow extends out to sit at the top of your back shoulder. The strap extends across the back on an angle to leave the rest of your back bare.
    • The panels drapes upwards on one side and other panels extends down to wrap around the hips. Panels are caught up at the back of the waist to leave ties hanging down the side, picking up on the tie at the top of the shoulder. The body of the dress extends down to just above the knee, depending on your height. A single layer of bias cut silk chiffon is set in under that to create the lower skirt. It falls to the floor in a sweep of chiffon and adds incredible movement as you move.
    • The bodice has a built in corset that closes with a series of hooks and then there is a zipper set under that. There is a layer of chiffon through the body of the dress. The neck strap snaps into place with hidden set snaps.
    • There is no size tag present so please go by the measurements listed below.
    • Excellent condition

    Bust: 16" flat across from side seam to side seam
    Waist: 13" flat across from side seam to side seam
    Hips: to 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
    Total length: 60" from neck to hem

    Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

    Item# DD5162

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    Fabulous c.1984 Thierry Mugler Strapless Metallic Gold Lurex Mini Dress w Buckle Detail

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    Fabulous c.1984 Thierry Mugler Strapless Metallic Gold Lurex Mini Dress w Buckle Detail

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    • We believe the dress is from the 1984 collection and Kim Kardashian wore its twin in 2008.
    • It was made under the creative direction of Thierry Mugler.
    • The fabric that it is made out of is a light in weight metallic gold fabric that drapes beautifully and has a beautiful deep gold tone to it.
    • The dress is cut with Mugler's masterful eye and attention to detail.
    • The bodice is strapless. One side is curved and is gathered in underneath the other side. There is a peaked panel that folds down to create a little flap on the other side.
    • A panel of the metallic gold fabric extends out from the side with the peaked bodice and this buckles into a gold metal buckle belt coming around from the back. This creates a heavy gathering at that side that sweeps up and adds shape through the waist area.
    • The buckle is metal and is signed at the back. These would have been specifically made for Mugler.
    • The skirt falls under that with a bit of a curving hem at the front so that it is all brought upwards as you can see in the photos. It is meant to feel hourglass in shape.
    • This is a spectacular and very rare example of his work.
    • I love how the entire dress shimmers in the light because of the gold metallic fabric.
    • The dress is lined through the bodice with a more structured fabric that creates an inner built-in corset that is boned and cupped. The skirt is fully lined in a lighter feeling silk. It closes at the back with a zipper and then buckles around the waist with the attached buckle belt. The actual interior of the Terry Mugler tag has been cut out.
    • Tagged vintage Mugler 42
    • Excellent condition with a bit of wear above the grommets and on the belt buckle.

    Bust: 17-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
    Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam. 
    Hips: to 20" flat across from side seam to side seam
    Bodice: 10" from top of bodice to waist
    Total length: 33" from top of bodice to the hem

    Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

    Item# DD5137

    Reference Photo: Kim Kardashian in vintage Thierry Mugler at the 2008 Video Game Awards.

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    Museum Held 1986 Thierry Mugler Gold Feather Light Lame Dress w Gathered Sides

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    Museum Held 1986 Thierry Mugler Gold Feather Light Lame Dress w Gathered Sides

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    • This dress has been dated by the one that is its twin and was part of the 2014 exhibit 'Chicago Styled'.
    • It was made under the creative direction of Thierry Mugler.
    • The dress is made out of a light in weight metallic gold fabric that drapes beautifully and is perhaps a touch paler gold than how it photoed here.
    • The dress is cut with Mugler's masterful eye and attention to detail.
    • It drapes up and over the shoulders with wide panels of the gold. On one side the fabric is heavily gathered and hooks in at the waist underneath. On the other side the dress comes out from under that and is not as gathered so that it falls more down and over the top of the shoulder.
    • The side with the wider shoulder is set into a panel that runs down the opposite side of the dress.
    • This panel is finished with gold studs and this is where the dress closes. The panel runs all the way down the side to where it splits for the hem. There is even a weight added inside the base of the panel to hold the dress perfectly in place.
    • The body of the dress is all gathered into that side panel. It wraps around you and then is gathered into the panel at the back. This creates incredible draping down the body and around you.
    • The vertical side panel draws the dress up a few inches above the hem and this then creates a bit of an angled curve along the lower hem of the dress that beautifully picks up the angles on the bodice.
    • This is a spectacular and very rare example of his work.
    • The dress snaps to close where you see the studs at the side and underneath that there is a hidden set zipper. A grosgrain ribbon wraps around the waist and is attached to the part of the bodice that tucks underneath the crossing over at the front to hook to close inside the dress. It is very cleverly put together. 
    • I love how the entire dress shimmers in the light because of the gold metallic fabric.
    • The dress is partially lined through the bodice and fully lined through the skirt. There are little padding shells set through the inner shoulders but it feels like their inner padding has been removed at some point. It would be easy to add padding back in if you preferred a stronger shoulder.
    • There is no size tag present so please go by the listed measurements below.
    • Excellent condition

    Bust: approx 14-19" flat across from side seam to side seam
    Inner hooked stay at waist: 12.5" flat across from side seam to side seam. Without the stay the waist is 13.75" flat across
    Hips: to 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
    Bodice: 14.5" from top of shoulder to inner waist
    Total length: 40" from top of shoulder to end of the side panel, 49" to the longest point of the hem

    Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

    Item# DD5118

    Reference Photo: Gold lame rouched evening dress, designed by Thierry Mugler, 1986. Shown as part of the Chicago History Muesum's November 2014 'Chicago Styled' exhibition.

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    Amazing Spring 2001 Thierry Mugler Couture Runway Brown  Silk Net Wrap Top w Leather Detailing

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    Amazing Spring 2001 Thierry Mugler Couture Runway Brown Silk Net Wrap Top w Leather Detailing

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    This top is from the second last ready-to-wear collection that Thierry Mugler presented. It is from the Spring 2001 season and it is an absolutely outstanding piece. It's twin walked the runway that season and I am very happy to have photos and video for reference for you to be able to see how phenomenal this sits on the body. He experimented with materials that included leather and netting as you see in this piece and the appearance of these wide angel sleeves were of note. I've only ever seen one other piece of this available that was done in a different colour from the runway piece like this one is in it's a phenomenal collectors piece

    The top is made out of a brown silk net that has those wonderful, leather pieces, hand sewn into place onto the netting. These are set to follow the design of the top. It wraps over itself at the front and ties at the waist, and you can tie it to the side, the back the front however you wish. The ties are extremely long and they are detailed with those little oblong pieces of leather in different sizes laid out to follow the cut of each tide. More leather curves down to follow the shape of the neckline at the front and go all the way across to the sides of the top. They curve up and over to the back where they come down in a little angled point there. The sleeves are as phenomenal as those long front ties. Each one ends in an extremely wide angel shape and is cut extra long. Again the little leather pieces have been applied to follow the shape of the sleeve and some go all the way up almost to the shoulder. I love how some are left to hang over the edge of the top on each sleeve. It just has that little extra bit of genius dimension. It is just outstanding. Excellent condition

    Unlined and wraps to close. Tagged a vintage Mugler 38.

    Sleeves: approx 27-28" and 13-16" around the upper arm
    Shoulders: no defined seams
    Bust: to 18" flat across from side seam to side seam but can b adjusted up and down a but when tying
    Waist-bottom seam: adjustable
    Length: 19" from neck to hem

    Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

    Item# DD4635

    Reference Photos/Video: Spring 2001 Thierry Mugler.

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      Rare Fall 2001 Thierry Mugler Runway Purple Silk Crepe Dress w the Most Incredible Open Cuts OutsRare Fall 2001 Thierry Mugler Runway Purple Silk Crepe Dress w the Most Incredible Open Cuts Outs

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      $8,500 USD
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      Incredible 1980s Thierry Mugler Black Silk Chiffon Inner Corset Silk Chiffon DressIncredible 1980s Thierry Mugler Black Silk Chiffon Inner Corset Silk Chiffon Dress

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      Fabulous c.1984 Thierry Mugler Strapless Metallic Gold Lurex Mini Dress w Buckle DetailFabulous c.1984 Thierry Mugler Strapless Metallic Gold Lurex Mini Dress w Buckle Detail

      Fabulous c.1984 Thierry Mugler Strapless Metallic Gold Lurex Mini Dress w Buckle Detail

      $5,200 USD
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      Museum Held 1986 Thierry Mugler Gold Feather Light Lame Dress w Gathered SidesMuseum Held 1986 Thierry Mugler Gold Feather Light Lame Dress w Gathered Sides

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      Amazing Spring 2001 Thierry Mugler Couture Runway Brown  Silk Net Wrap Top w Leather DetailingAmazing Spring 2001 Thierry Mugler Couture Runway Brown  Silk Net Wrap Top w Leather Detailing

      Amazing Spring 2001 Thierry Mugler Couture Runway Brown Silk Net Wrap Top w Leather Detailing

      $4,500 USD

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