The haute couture week in Paris opened under another cloud of mourning on Monday following the death of designer Thierry Mugler, the latest in a string of big-name fashion industry deaths.
Last week’s menswear shows in the French capital had already seen a highly emotional moment when Louis Vuitton presented the final collection by Virgil Abloh, who died from cancer in November at 41.
Its previous fashion week in October included a memorial show to Alber Elbaz, the Israeli designer who died aged 59 from Covid-19 five months earlier, having only recently launched his new label AZ Factory after years at the head of Lanvin.
This coming Sunday will see another memorial show — to Pierre Cardin — who died at 98 in December 2020.
