Thierry Mugler shows a costume party

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The Associated Press
PARIS (AP) — With models pounding up the runway dressed as 19th-century English lords, WWII fighter pilots and even a yeti, French label Thierry Mugler's show Friday looked more like a costume party than a proper menswear collection.

Looks were wildly varied, but the pants, some in leather or PCV lame, were uniformly tight and the blazers lean and smartly cut, some belted to look like a gentleman's smoking jacket. Some of the looks were downright bizarre, like what looked like a butcher's apron in black shearling worn over leather pants. A silver cuff necklace looked like a neck brace aimed at relieving a painful medical condition.

Spanish designer Rosemary Rodriguez, who made her menswear debut at Mugler last season in a move aimed at reviving the label's flagging fortunes, said she wanted each of the looks "to tell a story."

"They are characters that almost take us back to childhood," she explained.

But aside from Johnny Depp, it's hard to imagine many of the pieces making the leap from the runway into real life.

After all, young men whose most coveted accessories include canes and pirate eye-patches aren't a dime a dozen.

Published 1/23/09 by
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  • WOW!!!
    he is like the whit bear
    anonymous anonymous 1/23/09 Reply
     
 
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