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
There is a softer, romantic tough by some of the prints and by the colors. It's not harsh. Some is body-conscious. Some is completely fluid.
Music is part of the life of fashion, too.
I hate the past - especially my own past.
Every coat is different and in every kind of material,
Italian craftsmanship is really our treasure. So we're very proud of that and we try to do everything by hand.
kind of flesh colored leather stockings more than boots.
This is what I think is modern. It's like wearing a couture jacket with a pair of jeans.
Everything is about cut. But worse than couture cuts. The dresses from far away, you think that it is a little T-shirt. And then you get near to it, you are scared by the craftsmanship put into that dress.
The inside is all very refined with tons of details that make it very expensive.
I like the present and tomorrow
I'm all self-taught. I never had a teacher. Even for English, and French, and German, I hardly went to school.
The most important piece in the house is the garbage can.
People are very nice to me, even though I'm known for saying rude things.
A sense of humour and a little lack of respect: That's what you need to make a legend survive.