NOSE OUT OF JOINT
What happened to Thierry Mugler’s nose?
THIERRY Mugler, the French fashion designer, died January 23, 2022, at the age of 73.
The icon, who had worked with some of the top A-listers, had undergone many facial reconstructive surgeries in the past following a series of accidents.
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What happened to Thierry Mugler's nose?
Manfred Thierry Mugler made no secret of having undergone a number of facial surgeries having suffered a number of accidents.
He considered the human body as “an instrument for artistic excellence,” Interview magazine said in 2019.
Mugler spoke to actress Tippi Hedron about a severe jeep crash that left his nose completely destroyed, in an article.
He had to undergo nose reconstruction surgery.
What other accidents did Thierry Mugler have?
Mugler also told Hedron he had been involved in a motorcycle accident involving steel cables.
The injury needed him to remove a piece of metal from his leg.
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Despite the accident, Mugler never went to hospital because of his busy schedule.
But after warnings from his doctors he agreed to undergo surgery.
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What did Thierry Mugler say on his accidents and surgeries?
Mugler said he wanted to make the surgery “fun” and asked a surgeon to perform work on his chin at the same time.
He admitted: “I said, 'Let’s find a way to make this fun!' I asked another surgeon if he could do some things to my chin, and then I was happy to get the bloody anaesthesia.”
He also said he wanted his face to showcase the “progress” he went through over the years.
“I wanted my face to represent progress, because after years of being a thin, charming dancer, I wanted to be a warrior.
"I’ve done so much in my life. I’ve fought so much. I’m a superhero, so it’s normal to have the face of one.”
Mugler also spoke about a terrible gym accident that smashed his face, needing him to undergo reconstruction.
He told Yann Barthes in 2017: “I had a facial reconstruction following a serious gym accident that completely knocked my face down.
"My body is in perpetual construction.”
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