Tailleur jupe Thierry Mugler

Size: skirt US 2, jacket US 4, verified in store by the Second Season expert.

Label: 36 (French sizing of the original brand).

Brand note: Thierry Mugler tends to run small, especially at the waist.

Measured flat: jacket chest 41 cm (16.1 in), length 69 cm (27.2 in); skirt waist 28 cm (11.0 in), length 60 cm (23.6 in).

Condition: very good, pre-owned

Fabric: horizontal ribbed weave

Lining: jacket fully lined

Brand: Thierry Mugler

Colour: off-white; pocket square printed in brown, taupe and black

Cut: jacket fitted in an hourglass line, waist cinched by contoured seams, peplum at the hips, pointed asymmetric hem, strong shoulder pads, set-in sleeves; skirt high-waisted pencil with a front slit, waistband dipping to a V at the back

Neckline: collarless, deep asymmetric V

Closure: jacket, 3 silver-tone snaps on a diagonal placket; skirt, a row of matching snaps down the front

Pockets: jacket, 2 angled welt hip pockets and 1 diagonal welt chest pocket holding a patterned pocket square

Made in: France

Did you know? The Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris devoted the retrospective “Thierry Mugler, Couturissime” to the designer, on view from 30 September 2021 to 24 April 2022. The museum sums up his vocabulary as anatomical cuts, architectural silhouettes and innovative materials.