Rock that body: how the Mugler catsuit is shaping pop

From Billie Eilish to Beyonce, the Mugler outfit has become the natural successor to Madonna's bustier

Pop music has a new uniform. The feline, figure-hugging Mugler bodysuit, with its generous cutouts, has become ubiquitous with the biggest female singers. Billie Eilish wore one for her recent Vogue cover shoot, Beyonce was in one on the cover of the same magazine's December issue, as was Dua Lipa at the MTV Europe music awards, while Miley Cyrus wore hers accessorised with silver jewellery at the I Heart Festival and Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion wore versions in, respectively, lime green and purple for one of the many costume changes in the WAP video.

The bodysuit and what it represents is powerful," says Casey Cadwallader, who has been the creative director at Mugler since 2017. People see how relevant it is - being really open-minded, embracing diversity, embracing different expressions of gender."