Thierry Mugler: I Quit Fashion Because I Had Had Enough

Thierry Mugler spoke to the New York Times, one of the few interviews the designer has agreed to since the label he created in 1974 went under eight years ago. Over the last several years, Thierry has taken to bodybuilding and plastic surgery, and now calls himself Manfred. He also ditched designing, explaining:

"The reason I quit fashion was that I had had enough of spending my time always being on my knees, making other people look amazing and fabulous," he said. "I used fashion to express myself as much as I could. But at some point, it was not enough."

He started working on a line of perfumes. According to his creative director Christophe de Lataillade:

"The first three to six months, I was ready to quit every day," he said. "It was a nightmare. You had to be available night and day if he wanted organic apples or flowers. You had to cater to his every need."

Mugler's most recent scent, called Womanity, is described by the Times as "a commingling of figs and caviar, a sweet-salty combination as treacly as a chocolate-covered pretzel." The marketing campaign involves a website where women can talk about their womanity.

Comments

[sweetwhine]

04:15 PM on 05/03/2010

I thought he was much more talented then say..Marc Jacobs. I think it has a lot to do with who you know.

[CheechandBruno]

01:32 PM on 05/03/2010

Fashion is so exhausting.. I've been working in this industry since 2004 and I’m exhausted, and I'm only 29 lol.. love his perfumes though, the latest one sounds crazy delicious

[JEFFYBRUCE]

10:56 AM on 05/03/2010

The loss is that of the community where he was a first class designer who really never got his due ...perhaps it was timing ---perhaps it was temperment .........it would be hoest if the designers of the moment acknowledged the influence of Mugler instead of just calling it their own

[NevaforLeadership]

10:18 AM on 05/03/2010

The more likely reason he quit fashion is that his label went under.