“Thierry Mugler: Couturissime” landed in Brooklyn last month, the final stop of its world tour. Several of the looks on display were pulled from the designer’s fall 1997 Les Chimères (“Mythical Creatures”) couture collection. The show closed with a dress, pictured above in the first photo, that has been described as one of the most expensive couture creations ever. Two years in the making, it required the assistance of both the artist Jean-Jacques Urcun and the corsetiere Mr. Pearl. It was presented on the runway by the model Adriana Karembeu, who wore cat-eye contact lenses that heightened the fantastical element of the piece. In retrospect, all of the women as machines, insects, and religious icons that Mugler had put on his catwalks laid the groundwork for this hybrid creature that seemed adapted to all elements: air, water, earth, and fire. At the link in bio, discover more of Mr. Mugler’s fall 1997 couture collection. Throughout this week, we are releasing archive collections as part of our ongoing effort to document historica