When Thierry Mugler lastly permitted a museum to curate a retrospective of his perform, it showed his extremely shapely contribution to trend. The exhibition, which opened in Montreal, Canada, in 2019 and transferred previous September to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, was all about a few-dimensional bodies with sturdy command and regulate, dressed to strain their voluptuousness and electrical power. Even the images appeared like sculptures. He did goddesses, empresses and superheroines. No gamines, waifs or common women. For a 10 years from the early 1980s, Mugler, who has died aged 73, was a definer of the temper of the manner in extravagant ensembles, and even additional in…