The Mugler show opened with models marching out in oversized bits of body armour to Schubert’s sombre Piano trio in E-flat. This link between fantastical warriors and the piece that featured in Kubrick's Barry Lyndon wasn't lost on us. Starting off with the idea of the Olympian, the heroic ideal, creative director Nicola Formichetti evoked the Baroque, classical architecture and sculpture of the historical Rome he grew up in with buff bodies shrouded in stonewashed outfits. But think again if you thought the collection stopped there - the second half concentrated more on stretched athletic fabrics, exaggerating the idea of male heroes and pornstar types at times, comically subverting the idea of preppy at other times - a radioactive green tailored outfit in particular exemplified the case. All in all, inspiration was rife, from Italian neo-realist cinema, to Bruce Weber and Herb Ritts' photography