NEXT UP?: Does the Mugler style home have its eye on clothier Miguel Castro Freitas?
In accordance with market sources, Mugler has held talks with Freitas to affix the model, owned since 2019 by French magnificence big L’Oréal, and greatest identified for its widespread fragrances Angel and Alien.
The probability of a contract, and his precise function, couldn’t instantly be discovered.
Freitas has a various résumé, having held senior design roles at Sportmax, Dries Van Noten, and Christian Dior Couture, based on sources.
A 2004 graduate of Central Saint Martins, Freitas labored at Julie Verhoeven, YSL, Givenchy and Lanvin earlier in his profession.
Mugler officers couldn’t be reached for remark.
WWD reported on Feb. 5 that Mugler and Casey Cadwallader, its creative director for the previous eight years, would seemingly half methods.
Signaling what seems to be a time of transition, Mugler was not on the calendar for Paris Style Week, which wound up its nine-day run on March 11.
An American who joined Mugler from Zits Studios, Cadwallader oversaw the evolution of the style model based by Thierry Mugler from the theatrics of its early days to a brand new definition of brand name codes on what celebrating the physique may imply.
Earlier than Cadwallader, David Koma, Nicola Formichetti and Rosemary Rodriguez additionally designed Mugler, synonymous with sharp tailoring, hourglass silhouettes and a futuristic sheen.
Mugler’s earlier proprietor Groupe Clarins ceased its money-losing ready-to-wear enterprise in 2003, after which revived it once more in 2008. Founder Thierry Mugler died in 2022 at age 73.
