From left: Thierry Mugler, Lady Gaga and the Seventh Avenue home

Thierry Mugler, the French fashion designer whose work inspired singer Lady Gaga to make her catwalk debut in Paris last year, has found a buyer for his penthouse at 245 Seventh Avenue in Chelsea, a source told The Real Deal today.

Mugler listed the two-bedroom apartment for $7.99 million in January with Sotheby’s International Realty brokers Stephen McRae and Debbie Korb. A buyer closed on the unit last Friday, paying $7.89 million, the source said. [more]