Rudolph Moshammer
German fashion designer (1940–2005)
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- Rudolph Moshammer (27 September 1940 – 14 January 2005) was a German fashion designer.
- Moshammer was murdered in 2005 in the Grünwald suburb of Munich, Germany.
- He began to design fashion in the 1960s.
- There he created fashion for wealthy men from furs, cashmere, and silk.
- His international clients included Arnold Schwarzenegger, Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, actor Richard Chamberlain, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, José Carreras, Siegfried and Roy, and German media personality Thomas Gottschalk.
Rudolph Moshammer (27 September 1940 – 14 January 2005) was a German fashion designer. He built a reputation for the extravagant clothes he designed and wore, and was well known in Germany's celebrity circuit.
Moshammer was murdered in 2005 in the Grünwald suburb of Munich, Germany.
Career
Born in Munich, Moshammer had an education in retail industry trading. He began to design fashion in the 1960s.
His first business was his boutique "Carnaval de Venise" in Munich's high society street, Maximilianstraße. There he created fashion for wealthy men from furs, cashmere, and silk. With this strategy, he attracted the high society of Munich and Germany. His international clients included Arnold Schwarzenegger, Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, actor Richard Chamberlain, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, José Carreras, Siegfried and Roy, and German media personality Thomas Gottschalk.
He initially ran the boutique together with his mother, Else Moshammer. He had a strong relationship with her and frequently appeared in public with her. She died in 1993.
Moshammer was an eccentric and colorful personality. He was well known for carrying his Yorkshire Terrier dog Daisy in public wherever he went, and even wrote a book about her.
Moshammer had a strong commitment to helping homeless people. For this he was awarded the "Martin's Coat 2000" of the radio station "Sankt Michaelsbund".
Moshammer had a number of appearances in German TV films including the crime series Tatort.
He collaborated with the musical band "Münchner Zwietracht" ("Munich Discord"), with whom he was a contestant in the German Eurovision Song Contest preliminary round show in 2001. The song was entitled "Teilt Freud und Leid" ("Share Happiness and Sorrow").
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