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French designer Thierry Mugler, who has died aged 73, became renowned for pushing boundaries with his avant-garde costume fashion - often futuristic, and charmingly ostentatious.
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Supermodel Iman presents the 1983 collection in Paris, France. Later, Thierry Mugler designed David Bowie's tuxedo for his 1992 wedding to Iman. Mugler helped pioneer runway extravaganza, bringing together otherworldly designs that intersected fashion, glamour and theatre.Credit:Daniel Simon/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
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A model presents an ensemble of the Fall-Winter 1985/86 collection.Credit:AP Wirephoto
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Naomi Campbell walks the runway at the Fall/Winter 1989-1990 show.Credit:Victor Virgile/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
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Diana Ross walks during the 1991 Spring/Summer ready-to-wear line in Paris.Credit:Pierre Vauthey/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images
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Transgender model Connie Fleming walks during the Spring/Summer 1992 show.Credit:Daniel Simon/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
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The Harley Davidson-inspired Motorcycle Corset worn by Niki Taylor as part of Mugler's Spring/Summer 1992 was later recreated for Beyoncé’s ‘I Am…’ world tour.Credit:Frederic Garcia/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
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Linda Evangelista at the Thierry Mugler Fall 1995 haute couture show. In 1992 Mugler dressed Evangelista and other models for George Michael's Too Funky music video.Credit:Images Press
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During the Autumn/Winter 1995 show, Mugler presented his 20th anniversary ‘Cirque d’Hiver’ collection including this space-age look. In recent years it has been worn by Cara Delevingne on the cover of GQ.Credit:Pierre Vauthey/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images
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During the 1996 Spring/Summer ready-to-wear fashion collection in Paris.Credit:AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau
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Claudia Schiffer walks the runway during Ready to Wear Fall/Winter 1995-1996 fashion show at Paris Fashion Week.Credit:Victor Virgile/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
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During the 1995-96 Fall/Winter ready-to-wear fashion collection in Paris.Credit:AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere
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Mugler, and model Jerry Hall pose for photographers backstage after presenting awards at the VH1 Fashion&Music Awards show in New York during 1995.Credit:AP Photo/Paul Hurschmann, File
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The otherworld creature as part of the Autumn/Winter 1997 collection.Credit: Pool PAT/ARNAL/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
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Jerry Hall during the 1997 Spring/Summer haute couture fashion collection in Paris.Credit:AP Photo/Laurent Rebours
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Mugler acknowledges applause following his Fall/Winter 2001-2002 ready-to-wear collection presentation in Paris.Credit:AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, File
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Kim Kardashian in 2019 wearing vintage Mugler from the Spring/Summer '98 collection to the 5th Annual Hollywood Beauty Awards.Credit:Instagram/Kim Kardashian
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Cardi B attends the 61st Annual Grammy Awards in 2019 wearing a sculptural vintage 1995/1996 Mugler. The design was inpsired by Italian Renaissance artist Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus. Credit: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images
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Mugler came out of retirement to create Kim Kardashian's "Wet Dress" for The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion. The piece was his first design for the fashion house in two decades, and took eight months to make.Credit:Neilson Barnard
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Cardi B attends the Thierry Mugler: Couturissime photocall as part of Paris Fashion Week in 2021. The design was from the Mugler 1995 couture collection.Credit:Getty Images
