Outstanding Fall 1986 Thierry Mugler Pleated Metallic Gold Lurex Pleated Strapless Bodice 'Shell' Dress designer-adolfo A slight scooped neckline and

A slight scooped neckline and log sleeves with a bit of fullness offer the perfect balance

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

It is boned and formed inside to created that banded effect and to keep it in place

Item# S873

This is an interesting little label - the designer

Outstanding Fall 1986 Thierry Mugler Pleated Metallic Gold Lurex Pleated Strapless Bodice 'Shell' Dress designer-adolfo A slight scooped neckline andThis 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,