Chanel: Iconic couturier Karl Lagerfeld has died
5 years, 10 months ago

Chanel: Iconic couturier Karl Lagerfeld has died

Hindustan Times  

Chanel’s iconic couturier, Karl Lagerfeld, whose accomplished designs as well as trademark white ponytail, high starched collars and dark enigmatic glasses dominated high fashion for the past 50 years, has died. Chanel's iconic couturier, Karl Lagerfeld, whose accomplished designs as well as trademark white ponytail, high starched collars and dark enigmatic glasses dominated high fashion for the last 50 years, has died. “When I took on Chanel, it was a sleeping beauty — not even a beautiful one,” he said in the 2007 documentary “Lagerfeld Confidential.” ‘‘She snored.” FILE -- In this Nov. 30, 1953 photo German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, left, poses with an unidentified model in Germany, City not known. Chanel’s iconic couturier, Karl Lagerfeld, whose accomplished designs as well as trademark white ponytail, high starched collars and dark enigmatic glasses dominated high fashion for the last 50 years, has died.

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How Virginie Viard showed Karl Lagerfeld’s love for fashion
1 year, 8 months ago

How Virginie Viard showed Karl Lagerfeld’s love for fashion

Live Mint  

Karl Lagerfeld was among the formidable creative forces who resurrected design houses, making them relevant for the new-age fashion consumer. With this year’s Met Gala theme being “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty”, here's looking at some of Chanel's current creative director Virginie Viard's collections that showed Lagerfeld's way of thinking. Chanel Fall 22 couture For the label's fall 22 …

On this day: Historic events that happened on 19 February
1 year, 10 months ago

On this day: Historic events that happened on 19 February

Firstpost  

Fashion designer and photographer Karl Lagerfeld breathed his last on this day in 2019. He was the creative power behind the revival of French fashion brand Chanel Several historically significant events have taken place today, 19 February. It was on this day in 1942 that US President Franklin D Roosevelt signed an order authorising the internment of Japanese Americans in …

Drama series based on life of Karl Lagerfeld to stream on Disney+
3 years, 4 months ago

Drama series based on life of Karl Lagerfeld to stream on Disney+

The Independent  

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Karl Lagerfeld’s most memorable quotes about fashion, celebrities and body diversity
5 years, 4 months ago

Karl Lagerfeld’s most memorable quotes about fashion, celebrities and body diversity

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Karl Lagerfeld: The emperor of fashion and the legacy he leaves behind
5 years, 4 months ago

Karl Lagerfeld: The emperor of fashion and the legacy he leaves behind

The Independent  

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Chanel to pay tribute to Karl Lagerfeld with his final collection
5 years, 10 months ago

Chanel to pay tribute to Karl Lagerfeld with his final collection

Hindustan Times  

Karl Lagerfeld’s final collection for Chanel will be presented in the Grand Palais in Paris on Tuesday, the scene of some of the legendary designer’s greatest triumphs. Chanel said that “a farewell ceremony will take place at a later date” after the German-born designer’s no-fuss cremation attended by only his closest friends and colleagues. But it is unclear whether Tuesday’s …

End of an era, say Indian designers on Karl Lagerfeld’s death
5 years, 10 months ago

End of an era, say Indian designers on Karl Lagerfeld’s death

Hindustan Times  

German designer Karl Lagerfeld’s death in Paris on Tuesday left a void among the members of the fashion fraternity across the world. The late, Karl Lagerfeld, walks the runway during the Chanel show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2017 on October 4, 2016 in Paris, France. Sunil Sethi, FDCI President I was seeing an interview yesterday …

Lagerfeld’s legacy: Youthful designs, elaborate showmanship
5 years, 10 months ago

Lagerfeld’s legacy: Youthful designs, elaborate showmanship

Hindustan Times  

Karl Lagerfeld once created a Walmart-sized Chanel Shopping Center to show off his ready-to-wear collection. It featured aisle upon aisle of luxury foods labeled “one for the price of two.” FILE -- In this Nov. 29, 1973 photo German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, left, poses with models in Krefeld, Germany. Chanel's iconic couturier, Karl Lagerfeld, whose accomplished designs as well …

Karl Lagerfeld dead: Fashion icon and Chanel creative director dies aged 85
5 years, 10 months ago

Karl Lagerfeld dead: Fashion icon and Chanel creative director dies aged 85

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Karl Lagerfeld, who ruled Chanel design for decades, dead at 85
5 years, 10 months ago

Karl Lagerfeld, who ruled Chanel design for decades, dead at 85

Live Mint  

Frankfurt/Paris: Karl Lagerfeld, the German fashion designer who helped set the industry standard for five decades with collections that dressed celebrities such as Princess Diana and actress Keira Knightley, has died. Lagerfeld “was ahead of his time, which widely contributed to the Houseof Chanel’s success throughout the world,” Chanel chief executive officer Alain Wertheimer said in the statement. “Not only …

Karl Lagerfeld: Fashion’s prolific commander-in-chief dies
5 years, 10 months ago

Karl Lagerfeld: Fashion’s prolific commander-in-chief dies

Hindustan Times  

Karl Lagerfeld enjoyed the stature of a god among mortals in the world of fashion, where he stayed on top for well over half of a century and up to his death, at an age almost nobody apart from himself knew with to-the-day precision. FILE PHOTO: German designer Karl Lagerfeld appears at the end of his Spring/Summer 2019 women's ready-to-wear …

Legendary fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld dies at 85 in Paris
5 years, 10 months ago

Legendary fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld dies at 85 in Paris

India Today  

Karl Lagerfeld, the artistic director of fashion brands Chanel, Fendi and Lagerfeld, died in Paris on Tuesday. There was speculation about the designer's health condition after he missed the final bow at Paris Fashion Week's Chanel haute couture show for the first time ever. The Chanel show without Karl Lagerfeld, which took place last month, led to rumours about his …

Karl Lagerfeld, designer who translated the mood of the moment and saved Chanel, dies
5 years, 10 months ago

Karl Lagerfeld, designer who translated the mood of the moment and saved Chanel, dies

LA Times  

Chanel was a faded fashion empire when Karl Lagerfeld arrived to see if he could pump life back into the tired brand. Anna Wintour, Melania Trump and Kim Kardashian pay tribute to Karl Lagerfeld » “When Lagerfeld took over the Chanel collections, they had one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel,” said former fashion editor …

Lagerfeld's legacy: Youthful designs, elaborate showmanship
5 years, 10 months ago

Lagerfeld's legacy: Youthful designs, elaborate showmanship

China Daily  

German designer Karl Lagerfeld appears at the end of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for French fashion house Chanel during Paris fashion week, Oct 2, 2012. PARIS — Karl Lagerfeld once created a Walmart-sized "Chanel Shopping Center" to show off his ready-to-wear collection. German designer Karl Lagerfeld appears at the end of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion …

Karl Lagerfeld, giant among fashion designers, who transformed the fortunes of Chanel – obituary
5 years, 10 months ago

Karl Lagerfeld, giant among fashion designers, who transformed the fortunes of Chanel – obituary

The Telegraph  

Karl Lagerfeld, who has died aged 85, was a spectacularly successful fashion designer. He transformed the once-moribund house of Chanel into the world’s most successful fashion label and constantly reinvented himself, rendering himself relevant to style aficionados decade after decade until his death. Presciently sensing fashion’s radical change of mood in the early 1960s, Lagerfeld, who moved from his native …

German fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld dies in Paris at age 85
5 years, 10 months ago

German fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld dies in Paris at age 85

Al Jazeera  

The creative genius who helped make Paris the ‘fashion capital of the world’ dies at age 85 after rumours of illness. Haute couture designer and Chanel creative director Karl Lagerfeld has died at age 85 at the American Hospital of Paris. The German directed two giants of the fashion industry – LVMH-owned luxury label Fendi since 1977, and Paris’s family-owned …

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