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Thierry Mugler S.A.S names Nicola Formichetti Creative Director 

  

Paris, September,13th, 2010 

  

Thierry Mugler S.A.S has named Nicola Formichetti Creative Director of its men’s and women’s ready- 

to-wear beginning with the Fall/Winter 2011/12 collections. Nicola Formichetti, 33, is on the cutting 

edge of international pop culture. From his start as a stylist and a consultant he has become an 

immensely diverse talent who combines a feeling for what’s next with a seemingly limitless sense of 

high fashion fantasy.   

For Thierry Mugler S.A.S, Formichetti will lead a new design structure including Sébastien Peigné as 

Head Designer Women and Romain Kremer as Head Designer Men. 

Sébastien Peigné, 30, has spent the past ten years working with Nicolas Ghesquière at Balenciaga 

where he became head of the studio in 2006. Romain Kremer, 28, launched his eponymous collection 

in 2005 after winning a prize at Hyères’ Festival International de Mode et de Photographie.   

“We were looking for a young talent who could really bring new energy to the brand.  Thierry Mugler 

has an incredibly rich heritage, which means we must always innovate, create something new, daring 

and special,” says Joël Palix, President of Clarins Fragrance Group and Director General of Thierry 

Mugler S.A.S. “Nicola is a multicultural, techno-savvy expert involved in fashion, communication, 

image and entertainment. He and the appointed talented designers will represent a new direction for 

French fashion” 

  

Nicola Formichetti’s touch is everywhere at the moment from the outrageous style (videos, tours and 

general looks) of Lady Gaga to the mass appeal imagery for Japan’s Uniqlo where he is Fashion 

Director. The Italian - Japanese born Fashion Director of Vogue Hommes Japan is also a contributing 

fashion editor of V Magazine, VMAN and Dazed & Confused. 

  

“Thierry Mugler is about the power of glamour and walking straight into the future,” says Formichetti. 

He’s been a god for successive generations in the fashion industry. He fused pop and high fashion, 

told a story in style and combined fantasy with reality. My approach is personal and always very 

eclectic. I’d like to find new ways for a luxury brand such as Thierry Mugler to excite people.” 

  

Thierry Mugler is a legendary French fashion house launched by its name sake designer in Paris in 

1974 when he was 25.  Known for his hyper-femininity, the extreme precision of his cuts and sense of 

fantasy and futurism, Thierry Mugler brought a shock to the world of fashion which spearheaded him 

to success and brought the return of sculptural elegance to fashion. Mugler continued to dominate the 

world of fashion with fabulously staged shows throughout the 1980s and 90s, which set in motion the 

new era of fashion spectacle. He has gone on to create a series of successful scents with Clarins 

notably Angel (1992), his first, bottled in a crystal star, which quickly became and remains one of the 

world’s top ten fragrances.  The smashing success of Angel marked the beginning of a legacy which 

now includes such fragrances as A*Men, created in 1997, Alien, created in 2005, and most recently 

launched Womanity in 2010. 

Press : KCD Paris 

photo mariano vivanco