“I can’t remember the building, but it was near Times Square. Estelle was wearing a very tame Mugler black suit and blue scarf. Security guards in America are much stricter than they are in Europe, so I always had to distract them so that Thierry could have Estelle get much closer to the edge than they would allow.”
- The house’s creative director, Christophe de Lataillade.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Angel, which was the start of Thierry Mugler’s successful foray creating fine fragrance.
With its launch in 1992, Angel expanded the horizons of fragrance in multiple ways. Its composition, an unexpected blend of sweet and earthy notes, showed the way for a new “gourmand” genre in perfumery. Visually, its star-shaped glass bottle and ethereal pale blue color were both in keeping with Mugler’s established design vocabulary, yet were atypical at the fragrance counters of that era. Mugler himself also photographed Angel’s early ad campaigns, posing some of his favorite “muses” against otherworldly backgrounds, like Jerry Hall shown here in the White Sands of New Mexico.
Mugler said about perfume, “It’s really a language, and it speaks to people or it doesn’t.” So, what do you say? Does Angel speak to you?
🎥 “Beware of Angels,” 1993. Thierry Mugler, director. Featuring Jerry Hall. Courtesy of Mugler Archives and Videopolis
We're delighted to present a major project we've been working on for several years: the fashionmoodboard.com website! A free fashion encyclopaedia available to everyone! And to celebrate the official launch of the site on Monday 22 January 2024, here's an exclusive three-chapter event: the Mugler week!
Chapter 1: Manfred Thierry Mugler. This is his latest interview. He talks about his life and his work. From his arrival in Paris in the 1970s, to the brand's 20th anniversary show at the Cirque d'Hiver, the launch of his first fragrance, Angel, and his glittering shows. He tells his whole story, as he has never done before.
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Directed by Loic Prigent
Filmed with Julien Da Costa
Lighting by Théo de Preester
Assisted by Arthur Lagarde
Sound by Alexandre Le Mouroux
Edited by Konstantin Maslakov
Produced by Natacha Morice and Rafaële Nix Secondi for DERALF (Divertissant Et Révoltant À La Fois)