Iconic French fashion designer Manfred Thierry Mugler dies aged 73

Besides clothes, Mugler created films and photographs, and was a dancer, acrobat as well as avid body-builder, stressing he always wanted to explore the human body as art

French fashion designer Thierry Mugler pictured on October 10, 2014 in Friedrichstadt-Palace theater in Berlin. Picture: BRITTA PEDERSEN/DPA/AFP via Getty Images

French fashion designer Manfred Thierry Mugler, whose dramatic designs were worn by celebrities like Madonna, Lady Gaga and Cardi B, has died aged 73.

He died on Sunday, his official Instagram account said.