French stylist and fashion designer Thierry Mugler, designer of clothes and perfumes, as well as director and photographer, died on January 23, 2022. The fashion designer had made a name for himself internationally in the 1980s and 1990s. . Creator of clothes and perfumes, he had imposed his style between classicism and modernity.
The announcement was made on social media by his manager. ” We are deeply saddened to inform you of the death of Mr. Manfred Thierry Mugler on Sunday January 23, 2022. May his soul rest in peace “, can we read in a publication on the stylist’s Instagram account.
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.
He established himself in the fashion world and became for many the embodiment of the bubbling 1980s.
A director at heart, he had organized spectacular public presentations of his creations, as in 1984, when he presented 350 outfits in front of 6,000 people at the Zenith in Paris.
“ I have always thought that fashion was not enough on its own and that it had to be shown in its musical and theatrical environment. “, has often told Thierr Mugler.
The other great success of the Mugler house is undoubtedly the launch in 1992 of the first women’s perfume, “Angel”, in collaboration with Clarins, which entered the capital of the company before taking control in 1997. Angel” will compete for first place in sales with the mythical No5 from Chanel.
Since September, it has been featured in an exhibition at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris entitled “Thierry Mugler, Couturissime”, designed by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA). RFI devoted a report to him by Silvano Mendes which you can read here Fashion: the fantastic universe of Thierry Mugler is exhibited in Paris.
“ The Mugler woman was so extreme that she was not a woman-object, but really a woman-subject. », explains Thierry-Maxime Loriot, curator of the exhibition, interviewed by Silvano Mendes. “ When you look at the Mugler woman, she is a free woman. Mugler clothes were not made to imprison the woman, but to give her the freedom to become a glamorous Hollywood actress, a butterfly woman, an insect woman or a robot woman. », emphasizes the curator (Video of the Exhibition to watch here).