January 24, (THEWILL) – French fashion designer, Manfred Thierry Mugler, known for his dramatic and avant garde designs is dead
He died on Sunday at the age of 73.
Mugler’s death was announced on his Instagram account but no cause of death was given.
The designer’s fashion house also confirmed the news of Mugler’s death.
“A visionary whose imagination as a couturier, perfumer and image-maker empowered people around the world to be bolder and dream bigger everyday,” the House of Mugler said.
The celebrated fashion designer’s death comes five days after the Jan. 18 death of Andre Leon Talley, the visionary former creative director of Vogue magazine.
Born in December 21, 1948, in Strasbourg, France, Mugler launched his first fashion collection called Café de Paris in 1973.
He became internationally recognized as a designer during the 1980s and 1990s. He designed one of the most famous gowns of the 90s, which appeared in the 1993 romance/drama Indecent Proposal, starring Demi Moore.
Mugler retired from fashion in 2002, but in more recent years, the designer’s iconic looks have been worn by high-profile entertainers including Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian, Diana Ross, Nicole Kidman etc.
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