Paris Fashion Week Thierry Mugler’s fall / winter 2012 runway show was unveiled on one of the many catwalks of Paris fashion week. They showed a reboot of their iconic insect collection, models were showered with black confetti as they took to the catwalk and paraded the dark designs. The collection s featured mainly black and grey hues and dramatic features crafted from leather and fur. Dresses were sharp-shouldered and featured leather bodices combined with full skirts made from shaggy tassels. Leather coats were cut in unusual shapes and trimmed with lashings of fur, but seemed wearable nonetheless. There were furry armed, oversized armour like jerkin coats, mini-skirts with fin-like panels at the neck and hem, NFL-shouldered fur-collared overcoats, and a zebra-print Frank Gehry masquerading as a dress. This was just some of the white section. Then there were two smears of colour orange trousersuit with a black neck detail and a piccalilly yellow front-split skirt that sported long sleeves and upstanding shoulders.
The collection was elegant though a little bit weird.