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'Becoming Karl Lagerfeld': Mini-series about fashion icon
July 01, 2024 6:11 pm
A new French mini-series celebrates German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, with Daniel Brühl in the lead role. Besides haute couture, it's about a passionate love affair.
Muses upon muses inside the Met Gala cocktail party
May 03, 2023 1:53 pm
Supermodels like Kate Moss cherished the intimacy they shared with Lagerfeld. Moss recalled working with the designer, as well as his infamous largesse.
Designer Prabal Gurung on working with Alia Bhatt for Met Gala: 'I have invited her before, but she’s always been wise enough to say let’s wait'
May 03, 2023 1:15 pm
"Alia, forever grateful we will have this for posterity. Thank you for the beautiful memory," designer Prabal Gurung wrote on Instagram
A fire hose of offense, as fluent in controversy as he was in couture
May 02, 2023 1:36 pm
He had previously drawn inspiration from hip-hop and rap, taking bling to the runway, festooning the models in Chanel’s fall 1991 show in hefty gold chains. Critics alleged cultural appropriation (although that term hadn’t yet become the buzzword that it is today).
Pas de chat: Lagerfeld's cat Choupette won't be at Met Gala
May 02, 2023 7:00 am
Choupette, literally "sweetie,” traveled often with Lagerfeld, who died in 2019, on the private jets he favored
Should the Met Gala be celebrating a designer known for racist, sexist comments?
May 01, 2023 4:31 pm
Several activists have called out the organisers for overlooking Karl Lagerfeld’s troubling views while celebrating his legacy at a global event
Karl and Anna, a love story in clothes
April 29, 2023 11:55 am
"Karl could be serious, but I’ll remember his tremendous sense of fun. In the early 1990s he designed a lot of very short skirts," Anna Wintour.
Why is Karl Lagerfeld, the Met Gala theme, controversial?
April 21, 2023 9:35 am
Lagerfeld died in 2019 after dominating the fashion universe into his 80s. Come May 1, his legacy will be on display at the starry fundraising party and its companion exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute. Likely not on display, however, will be his polemical tendencies.
Next year's Met Gala will celebrate the late Karl Lagerfeld
October 01, 2022 9:33 am
Taking place on the first Monday in May, the world's most fashionable fundraiser will celebrate the work of the German-born couturier, who worked at Chanel, Fendi and Chloe, and died in 2019, at 85
Karl Lagerfeld's fingerless gloves to go under hammer
December 02, 2021 3:48 pm
The collection of belongings, being auctioned by Sotheby's, has items from his personal wardrobe and the furniture, accessories and art which decorated his many homes.
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Pearls, Chanel brides, and sustainability ruled the Met Gala 2023 carpet
May 02, 2023 7:22 pm
Black, white, blush and pearls reigned the red carpet, echoing Lagerfeld's classic Chanel aesthetic. Take a look at some of the best looks from fashion's most extravagant night.
Karl Lagerfeld dies at 85: Quotes from the iconic fashion designer
February 21, 2019 8:47 am
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld dies at 85: For a man who wore many hats and had an outspoken personality, here are some of the most popular quotes from the designer
Chanel's doll house-themed Paris show: BFFs Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid scorch the ramp
January 27, 2016 4:38 pm
Having, in previous years, turned the Grand Palais into an airport, a supermarket and a brasserie, designer Karl Lagerfeld, who has been at the creative helm of Chanel since 1983, sent models out of a wooden house down a garden path across a neat green lawn.
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