{"product_id":"thierry-mugler-s-sex-couture-copy","title":"Thierry Mugler's Sex Couture | Limited Edition of 75","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"fpa-product-description\"\u003e\n  \u003ch1\u003eThierry Mugler's Sex Couture\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\n  \u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003ePhotographed by Thierry Mugler, featuring Rebecca Chaney, April Keyes, Anastassia Kouzmitcheva, Adriana Sklenarikova, and Rebecca Smith. Published January 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp class=\"lead\"\u003ePublished in Playboy in January 1999, Thierry Mugler's Sex Couture is a high-fashion tableau authored by the French couturier himself. Mugler conceived the feature, found the locations, supplied the clothing, styled the looks, and photographed the models, turning the assignment into a couture world built for the camera.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eMugler was a designer, director, and trained ballet dancer whose work fused fashion, theater, body, and spectacle. For Playboy, he treated the pictorial less as a standard nude feature than as a staged fashion production, controlling every element from wardrobe to composition. Photo Editor Marilyn Grabowski, introduced to Mugler through Helmut Newton, watched him build the image with the command of a designer and the eye of a director.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eGrabowski described what it was like to watch him work:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cblockquote class=\"pullquote\"\u003eIt was really fascinating to watch a genius in action.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eIn Thierry Mugler's Sex Couture, a group of models is arranged across a bright resort terrace in sharp couture black: wide saucer-brimmed hats, sheer stockings, garters, gloves, pearls, and stiletto heels. One figure reclines with a leg thrown high along a white chaise while the others stand in severe silhouette around her. The scene is theatrical and exacting, all hard styling against bare skin, fashion editorial pushed to the edge of fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003ePhotographed by Thierry Mugler and preserved within the Playboy Legacy Collection, the work is part of the forty-eight-print archival edition released for Playboy's 50th anniversary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3 style=\"margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\"\u003eEdition Specifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cul class=\"fpa-specs\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 1rem; padding-left: 1.25rem;\"\u003e\n    \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom: 0.25rem;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Sizes:\u003c\/strong\u003e 16 × 20 in. and 20 × 24 in.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom: 0.25rem;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Limit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Each size is strictly limited to 75 numbered prints worldwide.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom: 0.25rem;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthentication:\u003c\/strong\u003e Individually hand-numbered, embossed with the official Playboy Legacy Collection archival seal, and accompanied by the official Certificate of Authenticity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3 style=\"margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\"\u003eCollection Note\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin-top: 0;\"\u003eThe Playboy Legacy Collection was released in 2007 for the magazine's 50th anniversary as a forty-eight-print archival edition curated under the direction of Hugh Hefner. Each print is embossed with the archive seal bearing the Playboy Bunny mark and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp class=\"meta\" style=\"margin-top: 1rem;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/playboy-legacy-collection\"\u003eRead the full history of the Playboy Legacy Collection\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Playboy Legacy Collection","offers":[{"title":"16 × 20 in - $4500","offer_id":48605337288929,"sku":"PL-LC-S1-16-16","price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20 × 24 in - $6000","offer_id":48605337321697,"sku":"PL-LC-S1-16-24","price":6000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2765\/9233\/files\/PLCS1-16_SEX_COUTURE_finephotoart.png?v=1779514980","url":"https:\/\/www.finephoto.art\/products\/thierry-mugler-s-sex-couture-copy","provider":"FinePhoto.Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}