The fashion industry has lost one of its biggest and iconic influencers, Thierry Mugler. The news of the death of the French man was announced on Sunday, January 23, 2022, by his team. He died at the age of 73.
Thierry Mugler, whose real name is Manfred Thierry Mugler, was born on December 21, 1948, in Strasbourg, France.
He was a fashion designer, creative director, and creative adviser of Mugler.
Mugler launched his eponymous fashion house; and quickly rose to prominence in the following decades for his avant-garde, architectural, hyperfeminine, and theatrical approach to haute couture in the 1970s.
And in 2002, he retired from the brand and returned in 2013 as the creative adviser.
At the beginning of his career, he designed signature looks for David Bowie and Diana Ross, and most notably Demi Moore’s dress from the 1993 movie Indecent Proposal, which was once coined “the most famous dress of the 1990s”.
In 2019, he created a one-off design for Kim Kardashian to wear to the Met Gala. That same year the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) launched the ‘Thierry Mugler: Couturissime’ exhibition dedicated to him.
What was Thierry Mugler’s net worth at the time of his death?
Thierry Mugler left behind a net worth of $20 million.
Who will inherit Thierry Mugler’s $20 million net worth?
Thierry Mugler wasn’t married, neither did he have a child.
However, he was openly gay. He has been a much-adored figure among the LGBTQ+ community.
Since he had no wife and child, a large portion of his estate will go to the LGBTQ+ community as well as his fashion company, Mugler.
