French fashion is losing one of its giants. French designer Thierry Mugler, who had reigned over 1980s fashion and continued to delight international stars with his spectacular outfits with marked silhouettes, died on Sunday January 23 at the age of 73. “natural death”, announced his press secretary to AFP.
“We have the immense sadness to inform you of the death of Mr. Manfred Thierry Mugler”, is it also written in a press release published on the Facebook account of the creator. “That his soul rests in peace.” According to his press officer, the death of the great couturier occurred unexpectedly on Sunday afternoon. He still had plans and was to announce new collaborations earlier this week, he said.
Born in Strasbourg in December 1948, Thierry Mugler arrived in Paris at the age of 20 and then created his own label “Café de Paris” in 1973, before founding the company “Thierry Mugler” a year later. Its structured and sophisticated silhouettes quickly imposed themselves. The Mugler woman, with accentuated shoulders, plunging necklines and corseted waists, has toured the world, from Jerry Hall to Kim Kardashian.
A director at heart, he had made an impression by becoming a pioneer, from the 1970s, of grand spectacle parades. He later embarked on the creation of perfumes, his first feminine model “Angel” launched in 1992 experiencing great success, until competing for first place in sales with the mythical N°5 of Chanel.
His collections had also marked the political world, as when in 1985, the French Minister of Culture Jack Lang was whistled at the National Assembly because of his Mao collar suit signed Mugler, worn without a tie. Thierry Mugler retired from fashion in 2002, but today’s pop culture icons like Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Cardi B and Kim Kardashian still wear his archive outfits for special occasions.