{"id":90232,"date":"2019-04-04T07:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T11:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/fashion-and-style\/?p=90232"},"modified":"2019-04-15T08:45:28","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T12:45:28","slug":"interview-with-thierry-maxime-loriot-curator-of-thierry-mugler-couturissime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/fashion-and-style\/2019\/04\/interview-with-thierry-maxime-loriot-curator-of-thierry-mugler-couturissime\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Thierry-Maxime Loriot, Curator of Thierry Mugler: Couturissime"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Pictured left to right: Thierry-Maxime Loriot, Curator; Manfred Thierry Mugler, creator; and Nathalie Bondil, Director General and Chief Curator, MMFA<\/span><\/em>. <\/em><\/span>Photo: \u00a9 Max Abadian.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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The Spring issue of Real Style Magazine<\/strong> is out now (find it online here<\/strong><\/a>)! Flip to the Fashion News section and we highlighted the Thierry Mugler: Couturissim<\/strong>e <\/strong><\/a>exhibit at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA), through September 8, 2019. Here we continue our conversation with exhibit curator Thierry-Maxime Loriot. Consider it bonus insider info.<\/p>\n

Real Style: What separates Thierry Mugler: Couturissime from other fashion exhibits?<\/strong>
\nThierry-Maxime Loriot:<\/strong> I have a different point of view and approach and love to collaborate with living artists and pay tribute to their work, but not in a retrospective way, more as an installation about their passions and obsessions; to make it very alive and [something] that people can relate to it. I feel very spoiled to be able to work with these creators. When they asked me, I really wanted to do this project, but with the same team I did the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibitions: the MMFA. The Museum has a unique expertise and an incredible team.<\/p>\n

RS:<\/strong> There are more than 150 ensembles included in the exhibit. If you had to choose one, which is your personal favourite?<\/strong>
\nTML:<\/strong> The whole exhibition is a highlight\u2026 most pieces have never been shown to the public. I always love to integrate a lot of photography, videos, music, etc.; elements that visitors can relate to, for different age groups, whether it is a piece worn by a singer or an actress or to put the pieces into a social context and tell a story with it. I would say [Mugler], the man himself and his message, which is very necessary for a young generation to understand: that you can be different, and very creative and be successful at the same time. There is beauty in difference and we should embrace it. Museums provide access and tell a story with these fascinating artists. To take the words of Nathalie Bondil, Director [General and Chief Curator] of the MMFA, it is easier now to see a haute couture dress up close, than to see a Picasso or a Warhol that most museums have in their permanent collections. Fashion and haute couture have long been considered very elitist, it still is very inaccessible. Fashion is a form of art, the only one we can live in. <\/p>\n

RS:<\/strong> What was your reaction when you were asked to curate the exhibit?<\/strong>
\nTML:<\/strong> I was very touched as [Mugler] refused to everyone for the past two decades. It was a fantastic adventure to have access to him and he was very excited about creating an installation, not a funeral exhibition.<\/p>\n

RS:<\/strong> Are there any surprises?<\/strong>
\nTML:<\/strong> So many\u2026 you have to come and visit!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pictured left to right: Thierry-Maxime Loriot, Curator; Manfred Thierry Mugler, creator; and Nathalie Bondil, Director General and Chief Curator, MMFA. Photo: \u00a9 Max Abadian.   The Spring issue of Real Style Magazine is out now (find it online here)! Flip to the Fashion News section and we highlighted the Thierry Mugler: Couturissime exhibit at the Montreal Museum […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":90234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[27187,3,32226,27186,1958,17990,90,22628,32224,32225],"class_list":["post-90232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion-news","tag-celebrity-style-get-the-looks","tag-fashion","tag-fashion-exhibits","tag-fashion-news","tag-montreal-fashion","tag-montreal-museum-of-fine-arts","tag-style","tag-thierry-mugler","tag-thierry-mugler-couturissime","tag-thierry-maxime-loriot"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t