I also was the AD (assistant director) for the Some very strong effects have been inspired directly by Beyoncé, and only she could make (them) happen on stage. There will be a lot of dramatization and metamorphosis on stage. It was my responsibility to make Beyoncé’s vision come true. On stage, there is Sasha Fierce and there is Beyoncé in her truest self.Īs the show’s creative adviser, how have you contributed to the production? Beyoncé expresses herself through the two aspects of her personality. How did you imagine Beyoncé in your costumes?īeyoncé is a very sophisticated “stage animal,” which means that she is truly instinctive.
Yes, I created costumes for the band, the singers, the dancers and the “robot” and characters that I proposed to Beyoncé for the show. Downtown Houston welcomes new tequila-fueled Mexican restaurantĭid you also create for her musicians and dancers?.A pin-up coffee shop is now open outside West Alabama Ice House in Montrose.
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She’ll wear ferocious power-glam superheroine outfits for a one-two punch of femininity and fierceness, writes Mugler, 60, the show’s costumer creative adviser, via e-mail. Beyoncé/Sasha performs in Houston July 4 and Dallas July 5 (the tour begins June 21 at New York’s Madison Square Garden). To steal from Beyoncé, the looks - all 10 of them - are fierce, as in Sasha Fierce, the singer’s stage alter ego. And now Beyoncé, who introduced “bootylicious” to the Oxford English Dictionary, has Thierry Mugler’s woman-warrior wear - costumes the Paris couturier has created for the diva’s upcoming world tour. Madonna had Jean Paul Gaultier’s bullet bra. Peter LindberghĬher had Bob Mackie’s feathered headdresses. Facebook Twitter Email Beyonce dons a motorcycle bustier designed by Thierry Mugler for a photo on her album I AM.
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