Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Otto Lagerfeldis a German fashion designer, artist, and photographer based in Paris. He is the head designer and creative director of the fashion house Chanel as well as the Italian house Fendi and his own fashion label. Over the decades, he has collaborated on a variety of fashion and art-related projects. He is well recognized around the world for his trademark white hair, black glasses, and high starched collars...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth10 September 1933
CityHamburg, Germany
CountryGermany
I'm German in my mind, but from a Germany that doesn't exist any more.
I've done many ads because that's my new career. It's an inspiring extension for my mind.
My life is based on change. What I say is OK for the next ten minutes, then I change my mind.
Stuff your brain with knowledge.
kind of flesh colored leather stockings more than boots.
Italian craftsmanship is really our treasure. So we're very proud of that and we try to do everything by hand.
Some have a little balloon touch, but you can always see through. So without being naked, you can see the body. So the clothes float around the body in a way. Everything's very light, light, light. The main thing is weightless, weightless, weightless.
It does not worry me personally - I like communication and visibility - but then I don't have to think about commerce. I like the idea of seeing it everywhere. Designers can't live in an ivory tower. And to copy well is as difficult now as it was in the past.
We started a shape and we have to continue it also in shoes, in jewelry in everything, because things have to be current.
Filming the girl was a really nasty trick,
Every coat is different and in every kind of material,
I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before I even went to school. That helped a lot.
Normal people think I'm insane.
Maybe there's a little '70s touch, ... One has to find something,