Obsessed with Marilyn Miglin on American Crime Story? Here’s where to snag her fragrance.
By Erin Qualey
As portrayed by Judith Light on American Crime Story, Chicago entrepreneur Marilyn Miglin is a force to be reckoned with. Same with the real Miglin who is alive, well, and still selling her trademark beauty products.
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After two episodes of focusing on Gianni Versace (Edgar Ramirez) and his disturbed killer Andrew Cunanan (Darren Criss), American Crime Story begins to inch away from the titular event and move backwards in time. In the third episode of the series, “A Random Killing”, the circumstances surrounding the murder of Lee Miglin, one of Cunanan’s other victims, are explored. And instead of placing the central focus on either Cunanan or even Lee Miglin himself, the episode spends much time exploring the aftermath of the murder with Marilyn Miglin, Lee’s wife of thirty-eight years.
In Light’s deft hands, the shift in perspective from charismatic murderer to introspective grieving widow is organic. Light works to restrict her range of emotions and tactfully reins in the big displays of grief that might be expected from a woman whose husband has just been savagely murdered in their home. News reports of the time support this portrayal, with the Chicago Tribune reporting that many perceived Marilyn Miglin as cold or unfeeling following the death of her beloved husband.
Who could blame her for feeling removed? Not only was her husband tortured and killed at the hands of a sociopath, but his death also revealed that he had been hiding a gigantic secret from her. He was gay, and American Crime Story spends a good deal of time focusing on how Marilyn didn’t want to admit publicly to the role that her husband’s sexuality played in his death. It’s right there in the title, “A Random Killing.” Despite her insistence on this narrative, the show leaves Marilyn’s motives for this omission up for discussion. Was it because she was ashamed of her husband? Did she not know how to talk about it? Or perhaps it was because she wasn’t even sure how she personally felt about the issue, and she couldn’t bear to be forced to work it out under the harsh glare of the media.
We all process grief in different ways, and what we do know is that Marilyn Miglin chose to deal with her unfathomable loss by throwing herself into her work as a beauty pioneer, a field in which she excels even today.
As seen in American Crime Story, Marilyn Miglin is an icon in her own right. She’s a savvy beauty entrepreneur who has multiple beauty lines in rotation. She’s adapted as the times have changed, and through the decades she’s remained a success. In fact, she’s such a force of nature that as I was researching this article, I was shocked to find that she doesn’t even have a Wikipedia page to call her own. (Get on that, internet.)
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Check out Miglin below, selling her wares on HSN in early 2017. The woman is unstoppable.
You can still buy Marilyn Miglin’s products today. If you’re looking for a signature scent or a new skin care product, hop on over to her page on HSN. The smell of success awaits you.
‘Versace: American Crime Story’ airs Wednesday nights at 10/9c on FX.