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Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Otto Lagerfeld, also called Kaiser Karl, was a German fashion designer, photographer, and creative director.
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entertainment · German fashion designer (1933–2019) · fashion designer · photographer · publisher · postage stamp designer · costume designer · fashion photographer · dressmaker · collector · film director · designer · also Karl Lagerfeld, Karl Otto Lagerfeldt, Karl Otto Lagerfeld, Karl-Otto Lagerfeld, Lagerfeld
Born 10 September 1933 · Died 19 February 2019 · Q76716
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2026· 21 entries
“but I had no physical contact with him. Of course, I was seduced by his physical charm”
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“had not hired the right people to manage it.”
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Published video “A new kind of KARL experience is brewing”.
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Published video “Deep end, no regrets”.
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Published video “No agenda, just long days”.
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Published video “All in a day's work, according to Choupette. #KARLLAGERFELD”.
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Mafab.hu: Képgaléria: A Marvel rosszfiúja lesz Karl Lagerfeld
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Haute Living: Fendi Revives Its 1985 Karl Lagerfeld Exhibition in Rome
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Published video “Bag overboard”.
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Retail & Leisure International: Karl Lagerfeld Chooses Amsterdam for Debut Cafe Site
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Mshale: Claudia Schiffer Karl Lagerfeld Cardinale Zuppi (09Ue31mDUa)
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moncloa.com: Karl Lagerfeld Zaragoza: la firma alemana instalará su centro logístico europeo en la plataforma PLAZA
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El Periódico de Aragón: Karl Lagerfeld elige Zaragoza para expandir su potencial logístico en Europa
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Published video “Paris, signed. #KARLLAGERFELD”.
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ArchDaily: ¿Es la sustentabilidad el nuevo lujo? En conversación con Andrea Boschetti sobre Karl Lagerfeld Villas en Marbella
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Published video “No occasion required, only the look.”.
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Published video “When every outfit is the outfit”.
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Published video “Feeling yourself is the whole look”.
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HELLO!: Paris Hilton's fave designer Karl Lagerfeld drops beachwear collection starting at £20: here's what we're shopping
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Published video “Dressed for the soirée, going for the groceries”.
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2025· 1 entry
Women's Wear Daily: Karl Lagerfeld and Donald Duck Reunite for Capsule
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2024· 1 entry
Yahoo: Becoming Karl Lagerfeld: release date, cast, plot, trailer, first looks and everything you need to know
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2023· 2 entries
New York Daily News: PHOTOS: The life and career of Karl Lagerfeld
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New York Post: Inside Karl Lagerfeld’s weird, often cruel world, ahead of the Met Gala
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2021· 2 entries
Yahoo: Third Karl Lagerfeld NFT Figurine Wears New Unisex Capsule
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Women's Wear Daily: Karl Lagerfeld Was a ‘Warrior’ in Face of Illness
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2019· 6 entries
People: Cara Delevingne, Helen Mirren and More Perform at Karl Lagerfeld Memorial Tribute Event
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Entertainment Tonight: Karl Lagerfeld
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People: Karl Lagerfeld Left Instructions to His Store Employees About How He Wanted to Be Remembered
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Died 2019-02-19.
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“Fantasy is often better than reality [...] It’s much more inspiring not to go to places than to go.”
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Following the news of Lagerfeld's death, Galerie Gmurzynska mounted a retrospective exhibition highlighting the past three decades of his work
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2018· 1 entry
Collaborated with the brand on a limited-edition cutlery set
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2017· 1 entry
Lagerfeld collaborated with the shoe brand Vans on a collection that included sneakers, jackets, hats, and backpacks
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2016· 2 entries
Palazzo Pitti hosted another exhibition of Karl Lagerfeld's photography that included portraits and photos from fashion shoots, all inspired by classical mythology
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Lagerfeld collaborated with Faber-Castell on the "Karlbox", a collection of fine artist tools
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2015· 1 entry
That Lagerfeld's designs for Fendi were innovative and proved groundbreaking within the industry
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2014· 2 entries
Palm Beach Modern Auctions announced that many of Lagerfeld's early sketches for the House of Tiziani in Rome would be sold
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Lagerfeld collaborated with Mattel on a "Barbie Lagerfeld" doll that included fingerless gloves and a tailored black jacket
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2012· 3 entries
Lagerfeld released his photo-book The Little Black Jacket which featured entertainers, models, and friends of his
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Lagerfeld collaborated with Japanese cosmetics brand Shu Uemura on a holiday makeup collection
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Which featured 113 portraits of models and entertainers wearing the book's eponymous article, and Karl Lagerfeld: Casa Malaparte in 2015, which documented the Italian Modernist architectural monument
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2010· 5 entries
Awarded Commander of the Legion of Honour (2010).
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The Maison Européenne de la Photographie assembled the largest-ever exhibit of Lagerfeld's photography
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“s Wear Daily at a 2010 exhibition of his work at the Maison européenne de la photographie. In 1994, German publishing house Steidl published Off the Record, a collection of Lagerfeld”
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Lagerfeld collaborated with Coca-Cola on a limited-edition collection of Coca-Cola Light bottles in France
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After Lagerfeld used fake fur in his 2010 Chanel collection, PETA's website claimed: "It's the triumph of fake fur
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2009· 3 entries
Tra Tutti began selling Karl Lagermouse and Karl Lagerfelt, which are mini-Lagerfelds in the forms of mice and finger puppets, respectively
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Claimed that hunters "make a living having learnt nothing else than hunting, killing those beasts who would kill us if they could" and said: "In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even hand
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Joined critics of supermodel Heidi Klum, following German designer Wolfgang Joop's remarks about Klum, who had posed naked on the cover of the German edition of GQ magazine
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2008· 2 entries
Created a teddy bear in his likeness that was produced by Steiff in an edition of 2,500 that sold for $1,500
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“Solange wir Fleisch essen, können wir uns nicht über Pelze beschweren." - über Kampagnen gegen den Gebrauch von Pelzen, Stern Nr. 52/2008 vom 17. Dezember 2008, S. 127”
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2007· 1 entry
That his controversial persona was an act
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2004· 2 entries
“Leider kann ich keine Sprache anständig sprechen, deshalb mixe ich alles von überall zusammen. Ich habe ja im Grunde nie etwas gelernt. Ich habe nicht einmal Abitur gemacht und nix." - Interview, Stern, 3. November 2004, stern.de”
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Lagerfeld designed a capsule collection for Swedish fashion chain H&M, marking the first time a designer had collaborated with the brand
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2002· 2 entries
Awarded CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award (2002).
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Lagerfeld asked Renzo Rosso, the founder of Diesel, to collaborate with him on a special denim collection for the Lagerfeld Gallery brand
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2001· 1 entry
Was the target of a pieing at a fashion premiere at Lincoln Center in New York City
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2000· 1 entry
Launched a publishing imprint, Editions 7L, in collaboration with Steidl
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1999· 1 entry
Lagerfeld opened 7L, a bookshop in Paris that specialises in photography collections and visual arts books
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded Berliner Bär (1997).
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1996· 1 entry
The Zürich-based Galerie Gmurzynska began exhibiting Lagerfeld's photography
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1994· 1 entry
German publishing house Steidl published Off the Record, a collection of Lagerfeld's photography
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1993· 1 entry
Awarded Lucky Strike Designer Award (1993).
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1992· 1 entry
Dunhill Holdings—part of the Vendôme Luxury Group—acquired the Karl Lagerfeld brand from Cora-Revillon for an estimated $30 million
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1989· 2 entries
Jacques de Bascher died of AIDS in 1989, with Lagerfeld remaining at his bedside throughout the final stages of his illness.
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With Lagerfeld remaining at his bedside throughout the final stages of his illness
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1987· 1 entry
After being frustrated with images done for Chanel press kits
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1986· 1 entry
Marked the move away from broad shoulders by removing pads from the shoulders and placing them visibly on the outside of the hips
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1985· 1 entry
Awarded Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1985).
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1984· 1 entry
A year after his start at Chanel, Lagerfeld began his own eponymous "Karl Lagerfeld" brand with a focus on ready-to-wear clothing
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1983· 1 entry
Lagerfeld brought life back into the company, making it a huge success by revamping its ready-to-wear fashion line
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1978· 2 entries
And joined other designers in showing the heavily constructed, huge-shouldered, more restrictive looks that would dominate the 1980s
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And continuing through the eighties, to the 1950s pouf skirts, 1860s crinolines, and hoops of the mid-eighties, now often showgirl-short
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1974· 1 entry
Contributed to the burgeoning Big Look or Soft Look by eliminating linings, padding, and even hemming from voluminous, thin-fabric garments, even from fur in his work for Fendi at the time, to enable an unencumbered,
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1972· 2 entries
Lagerfeld began a relationship with French aristocrat and socialite Jacques de Bascher, though he maintained that it was never sexual
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In 1972, Lagerfeld began a relationship with French aristocrat and socialite Jacques de Bascher, though he maintained that it was never sexual. "I infinitely loved that boy", Lagerfeld said of de Bascher, "but I had no physical contact with him.
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1966· 1 entry
Lagerfeld became a designer for Chloé, working alongside Gaby Aghion, and in 1974 he became the sole designer for the brand
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1965· 1 entry
Was hired by Fendi to modernize their fur line
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1962· 1 entry
To become a freelance designer, one of the first designers to do so
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1957· 1 entry
Lagerfeld became the artistic director for Jean Patou
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1955· 1 entry
Lagerfeld entered another IWS competition and won in the coat category
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1954· 1 entry
Lagerfeld submitted a dress design to the International Wool Secretariat's design competition
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1938· 1 entry
“s ill health had swirled for several weeks after he missed a number of events - including Chanel”
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1933· 1 entry
Born 1933-09-10.
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