
Advertisement


Thierry Mugler: I think all that inspired a lot of people in the fashion biz. I just went further and was more honest about it, paying a real, true "homage" to what inspires me. Also, they didn't manage to succeed at taking each inspiration to the extreme. I did. That wasn't because of any sort of an education, I was just reading a lot of comic books, playing computer games, and watching movies.
Advertisement

My clothes are sexy and avant-garde and as I wrote and said in Robert Altman's Prêt a Porter, "It's all about getting a great fuck, darling." I never wanted to be A Fashion Designer, but a director, which I was in fashion and now in showbiz. Also, I knew I was right.Your mega-glamourous designs were always provocative. Were you trying to make some sort of cultural statement?
Before something becomes a "cultural statement" it is an expression.One of your shows featured vogue guys before Madonna released Vogue or that film Paris is Burning came out. Why is nightclubbing such an important part of fashion?
People get to express themselves and release their instincts on the dance floor. Well, I do, you do, we all do it.A lot of your early press was hostile. Was it proof to you that you were doing the right thing?
I ignored it. I always work first to astonish myself and for a few people I admire.

Definitely, it's always been about creating a mise-en-scène - in English, an everyday show.Where does all your ambition come from?
I believe in God.DARYOUSH HAJ-NAJAFI