Nightlife icon David Hoyle talks Heated Rivalry and cruising in Mugler
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February 21, 2026
In the late 1990s, when he was just a teenager, Mugler’s creative director Miguel Castro Freitas became obsessed with the Mancunian performance artist David Hoyle. Back then Hoyle was known as the Divine David, terrorising terrestrial TV with his anti-drag persona, a raucous mix of political commentary, comedy and experimental fashion choices. “He’d sort of seen me when he was younger, when I used to do The Divine Davidhellip;
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