Mugler’s fashion makes women look like goddesses but feminist critics can’t agree if that’s a good thing

Two years after legendary French designer Thierry Mugler’s death, his brand, now under creative director Casey Cadwallader, continues to be committed to its creator’s vision of “a new woman … fierce, sultry, powerful and enigmatic”. Mugler became an icon of haute couture in the 1980s, but it was in the 21st century that he shaped mainstream imagination. He spent his last decades dressing mega-celebrities including Lady Gaga and Beyoncé, inventing, almost single-handedly, the style of our current pop divas: what he called the “glamazon” look.