"The most incredible showman in fashion", "a rare kindness": vibrant tributes to Thierry Mugler around the world

The news fell on the night of Sunday January 23 to 24. Thierry Mugler died at the age of 73. Europe then asleep, it was the United States that reacted first to the announcement, published on the official Instagram account of the couturier: “We have the immense sadness to inform you of the death of Mr. Manfred Thierry Mugler which occurred Sunday, January 23, 2022. May his soul rest in peace.” Beyoncé was one of the first to react to the news. She shared a black and white photo of the stylist on her site mentioning “Rest in peace”. The interpreter of

also published a montage of all the times she had worn Mugler, and which she had chosen to design the outfits for her international tour in 2009. The top Irina Shayk was also quick to express her sadness. By posting on Instagram a photo of the couturier and her, in the

dress from the spring-summer 1997 collection, she captioned “Gone too soon. God of fashion… a rare, real, sweetest kindness… Your Russian will always miss you.”

Kourtney Kardashian shared in her Instagram story a snapshot of the entire Kardashian clan, fully dressed by the Alsatian designer. Actress and model Diane Kruger posted a vintage photo where she appears on the designer's catwalk. “I remember being struck by the meeting with Thierry. What he saw in a skinny 16 year old girl and let all the supermodel "amazons" parade down his catwalk remains a mystery to me, but it was the experience of a lifetime. . He was an incredible force of imagination, he pushed women to dare to use their sexual powers as a weapon. Rest in power.”

Music icon Diana Ross also wanted to react to the designer's death.

She tweeted a keepsake photo "I will miss you Thierry Mugler, it was a wonderful time in our lives."

The fashion world in shock

The American designer, Christian Siriano, also showed his emotion by posting on Instagram a montage of the greatest creations of the artist. “Another icon lost today. Rest in ultimate beauty. You have opened many doors. Fashion is having a difficult month”, referring to the death of journalist André Leon Talley on January 18. Marc Jacobs also paid tribute to the stylist by sharing his memory of the designer's parade at the Bonds Disco club in 1980. “That Mugler show at the Bonds Disco in 1980 changed my life. I had never seen or experienced anything like it. The glamour! The mode ! The women ! The extraordinary execution of an extraordinary dream by fashion's most incredible showman. Rest in peace Manfred Thierry Mugler.”

British fashion photographer Nick Knight has leaked a black and white photo with the designer, with whom he was about to work.

Fashion designer Brian Atwood also called Mugler a "constant inspiration" in a moving post.

“Thierry was such a visionary, a showman and a lover of the female form.

He placed women on a pedestal of unreachable height... May his amazons rule and inspire many for years to come," he captioned a compilation video of Mugler's shows.

Manfred Thierry Mugler, precursor, visionary, herald of conquering femininity, will have revolutionized fashion and made people dream beyond this universe.

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