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French fashion designer Thierry Mugler dies at 73

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TOKYO — French fashion designer Manfred Thierry Mugler, whose dramatic designs were worn by celebrities like Madonna, Lady Gaga and Cardi B, has died. He was 73.

He died Sunday, his official Instagram account said. “May his soul Rest In Peace,” it said in a post that was all black with no image. It did not give a cause of death.

Mugler, who launched his brand in 1973, became known for his architectural style, defined by broad shoulders and a tiny waist. The use of plastic-like futuristic fabric in his sculpted clothing became a trademark.

He defined haute couture over several decades, dressing up Diana Ross and Beyonce at galas, on red carpets and runways.

His designs weren’t shy about being outlandish, at times resembling robotic suits with protruding cone shapes. Mugler also had a popular perfume line, which he started in the 1990s.

Remy de la Mauviniere / AP / AP French fashion designer Thierry Mugler on the catwalk with unidentified models after the presentation of his 1998-99 fall-winter ready-to-wear collection presented in Paris on March 15, 1998.

The fashion world filled with an outpouring of sympathy. Bella Hadid, an American model, said “Nonononono,” followed by an image of a sad face, while American actress January Jones responded with a heart mark, from their official Instagram accounts.

Besides clothes, Mugler created films and photographs, and was a dancer, acrobat as well as avid body-builder, stressing he always wanted to explore the human body as art.

“I’ve always felt like a director, and the clothes I did were a direction of the everyday,” Mugler told Interview Magazine.

Queries on his funeral arrangements were not immediately answered.

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Thierry Mugler Has Died

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On Sunday night, it was announced that French fashion designer Thierry Mugler died at the age of 73. A cause of death has not been confirmed.

“We are devastated to announce the passing of Mr. Manfred Thierry Mugler,” an Instagram post on Mugler’s personal account read. “May his soul Rest In Peace.” The designer’s eponymous fashion house also confirmed his passing on Instagram, describing him as a “visionary whose imagination as a couturier, perfumer and image-maker empowered people around the world to be bolder and dream bigger every day.”

Mugler, 1997. Photo: Alan Strutt/Courtesy of Mugler

Mugler was a pioneer in haute couture, known for boundary-pushing designs that were equal parts dramatic and sexy. His designs’ signature silhouette featured broad shoulders and a cinched waist, like Kim Kardashian West’s “wet” look for the 2019 Met Gala. In 2021, Mugler’s retrospective exhibition, titled “Thierry Mugler, Couturissime,” was presented at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Originally having opened in 2019 at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the exhibition showcased “the fascinating universe” Mugler created with his work in the fashion industry, the entertainment industry, and beyond.

Cardi B in Mugler. Photo: Marc Piasecki/WireImage

Throughout his 50-year career, Mugler worked with celebrities including Madonna, Linda Evangelista, Zendaya, and Cardi B. His life and legacy have been commemorated on social media by celebrities like Brigitte Nielsen, Bella Hadid, and Diana Ross. “I will miss you Thierry Mugler,” Ross wrote on Twitter alongside an old picture of the two of them. “This was a wonderful time in our lives.”

Mugler was a man of many talents, specifically those involving art that the human body can create. In addition to his work in fashion, Mugler was an acrobat, a dancer, and a bodybuilder. In a 2019 conversation with Interview magazine, Mugler shared the advice he said he often gave to young people, both in the fashion industry and beyond: “Be clear what you want to say. Make sure that people get it.”

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Cardi B Says Thierry Mugler Was One of the First Designers to Take a Chance on Her in Heartfelt Tribute

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Cardi B is paying tribute to the late Thierry Mugler with a sweet message.

On Tuesday, the rapper took to Instagram to honor the French designer after news of his death broke on Sunday. She shared photos of the two together, highlighting the designs she sported from Mugler and revealing that he was one of the first big names to “take a major chance on her” when her career began to take off.

Cardi famously wore archival Mugler designs during the 2019 GRAMMY Awards, when her debut album, Invasion of Privacy, earned her the award for Best Rap Album. She wore an avant-garde shell dress from the designer’s iconic fall 1995 couture collection on the red carpet, donned a crystal-embroidered tiger-print jumpsuit with a removable giant crinoline skirt from that same year during her performance of “Money,” and wore an off-the-shoulder gown with fringed gloves from 1997 for the remainder of the show.

“Mr. Mugler was one of the FIRST designers to take a major chance on me, allowing me to wear one of his ICONIC archive pieces for my Grammy red carpet look in 2019,” the rapper wrote in her heartfelt tribute. “Over the years me, him and Kollin created even more fashion moments but nothing tops being able to finally meet him in person last year in Paris at his museum exhibit. It’s so crazy because I was second-guessing if I should go the whole time leading up to that trip. I had just given birth to my son like three weeks prior and wasn’t feeling 100% like myself but something in my spirit kept saying ‘GO.’”

“Maybe God knew that if I didn’t go then I may have never had the opportunity to thank him for everything he did and the doors he opened for me,” she added. “Mr. Mugler was still putting his foot on necks at 73 years old!!! A true inspiration for all of us.”

Mugler was beloved by many in the entertainment and fashion industry with his looks worn on red carpets, runways and the big and small screens. His forward-thinking fashion struck a chord in the industry in ’80s and ’90s and were worn by the likes of Demi Moore, Sharon Stone, David Bowie, George Michael and more, with Tyra Banks and Cindy Crawford among the top models of the time to wear his designs on the runway.

Although he officially retired from fashion in the early aughts, stars like Beyoncé, Robin Wright, Nicole Kidman, Lady Gaga, Megan Fox and Miley Cyrus have all rocked his ensembles.

Mugler’s death comes less than a week after the fashion world mourned the loss of another icon in the industry, André Leon Talley.