Outstanding Fall 1986 Thierry Mugler Pleated Metallic Gold Lurex Pleated Strapless Bodice 'Shell' Dress designer-adolfo I made some sketchbook notes

I made some sketchbook notes on how I imagined large real sized banana leaves would look on the human body" Rhodes also notes that this was the collection where she began to "develop the art of dying beads to match or co-ordinate completely with print and chiffon color statements

The skirt is lined in the same fabric as the outer skirt and there is stiffening between the layers as described above

This is an interesting little label - the designer

the first just a few weeks ago but in a size 40

Both pieces are made from an ultra soft fine wool with a very tiny pattern running through it in shades of brown

Outstanding Fall 1986 Thierry Mugler Pleated Metallic Gold Lurex Pleated Strapless Bodice 'Shell' Dress designer-adolfo I made some sketchbook notesThis wonderful and very rare dress is from the the Fall 1986 "Hiver Russe" collection. It was made under the creative direction of Thierry Mugler. 'Mugler saw the fashion show as an opportunity to build new worlds of fantasy, to tell the story of a heroine on an extraordinary adventure each season.' Early pieces of his work are particularly hard to find. I have included several reference photos from the show of pieces that share similar fabric,