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Stunning Mugler Dress Black CocktaiL Gown

$3,550.41
£2,652.43
€2,999
CA$4,943.76
A$5,311.80
CHF 2,849.77
MX$62,579.10

About the Item

This archival Mugler little black dress is true beauty. Designed at the turn of the millennium, it belongs to that electric in-between moment of 1999–2000, when Les Chats had sharpened Mugler’s language into feline precision, and Les Salades had begun dissolving his silhouettes into something lighter, more aerodynamic, almost immaterial. The cut is quietly radical. A razor-straight neckline slices across the décolleté, held in place by sparkling black elegant sequins that glint like wet lacquer against the skin. This bodice creates architecture. It frames the body, carving out a deliberate strip of negative space beneath it, so that skin becomes as important as fabric. The effect is pure Mugler: graphic, erotic, controlled. From there, the dress releases into a whisper-light column of black and semi sheer fabric. The bodice is clean, precise, almost severe - a nod to the sculptural rigor of Les Chats - but the skirt drifts into softness, catching air with every step. The asymmetrical hemline dissolves into a translucent haze, as if the garment were slowly evaporating as it moves. This is the unmistakable breath of Les Salades: Mugler allowing fluidity, motion, and fragility to enter his famously armored world. What makes this dress extraordinary is the tension between its two moods. Above, it is sharp, architectural, and unmistakably erotic; below, it is weightless, romantic, nearly ghostlike. It doesn’t cling, it glides. The body beneath it is revealed not through exposure, but through suggestion: a flash of collarbone, a floating hem brushing the knee, the shimmer of sequins catching the light like a secre, poetic movement. MUGLER Made in Hungary marked vintage size 42
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    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Berlin, DE
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    1stDibs: LU2727228371312

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