Arca and Shygirl Are Joined by Jerry Hall in This Exclusive First Look at the Mugler H&M Collaboration

Beyoncé, Dua Lipa, Doja Cat, Cardi B. Some of the biggest pop stars of this decade have worn Casey Cadwallader’s sinuous Mugler catsuits. Now, thanks to H&M, you can too. The news that the iconic French house would be H&M’s latest collaborator broke a month ago, prompting a legion of fans to speculate about what would come from the hook-up: Lycra bodysuits, surely; a sharply tailored jacket, perhaps; an archive reissue, one would hope. Now, the wait—and all those speculative Tweets—are over. Today, H&M and Mugler are releasing a music video that answers everyone’s burning questions.

“I wanted to make people excited from the get-go, an explosion where everyone is like…wait, what is happening?” said Cadwallader via Zoom from his Paris office. Yes, the news leaked early, but even still this video is about to go bang. It’s been directed by Torso—the duo behind the brand’s three internet-acclaimed pandemic-time fashion videos featuring Hunter Schafer, Chloe Sevigny, and Megan Thee Stallion. And then there’s the cast, which includes everyone from Shygirl, Arca, Amaare, and Eartheater, to Sora Choi, Imaan Hammam, and Mariacarla Boscono. As an added bonus, the extra-sleek video features a re-record of Stardust’s 1998 “Music Sounds Better With You.” “It had to conjure a bit more of Manfred [Thierry Mugler]’s time, and it had to be a bopper,” Cadwallader said.