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1962, reporters began referring to him as Karl Lagerfelt or Karl Logerfeld. The rst collection was poorly
received. Carrie Donovan, an American fashion journalist, wrote that the press booed the collection. The
UPI noted: The rms brand new designer, 25-year old
Roland Karl, showed a collection which stressed shape
and had no trace of last years sack. The reporter went
on to say: A couple of short black cocktail dresses were
cut so wide open at the front that even some of the women
reporters gasped. Other cocktail and evening dresses feature low, low-cut backs. Most interestingly, Karl said
that his design silhouette for the season was called by the
1 Early life
letter K for Karl, which was translated into a straight
line in front, curved in at the waist in the back, with a low
Lagerfeld was born in Hamburg. He has claimed he fullness to the skirt.
was born in 1938 to Elisabeth of Germany (18971978, His skirts for the spring 1960 season were the shortest
ne Bahlmann) and Otto Ludwig Lagerfeldt from Swe- in Paris, and the collection was not well received. Carden. [6] He is known to insist that no one knows his real rie Donovan wrote that it looked like clever and imbirth date; interviewed on French television in February mensely salable ready-to-wear, not couture. For his late
2009, Lagerfeld said that he was born neither in 1933 1960 collection, he designed special little hats, pancake
nor 1938.[7] In April 2013 he nally declared that he shaped circles of satin, which hung on the cheek. He
was born in 1935.[8] A birth announcement was, how- called them slaps in the face. Karls collection was said
ever, published by his parents in 1933, and the baptismal to be well received but not groundbreaking. I became
register in Hamburg also lists him as born in that year.[9] bored there, too, and I quit and tried to go back to school,
His older sister, Martha Christiane (a.k.a. Christel), was but that didn't work, so I spent two years mostly on
born in 1931. Lagerfeld has an older half-sister, Thea, beachesI guess I studied life."' In 1963, he began defrom his fathers rst marriage. His original name was signing for Tiziani, a Roman couture house founded that
Lagerfeldt (with a t), but he later changed it to Lager- year by Evan Richards (b. 1924) of Jacksboro, Texas.
feld as, in his words, it sounds more commercial.[10]
It began as couture and then branched out into ready-toPurportedly, he grew up as the son of a businessman wear, bearing the label Tiziani-RomaMade in Engat Carnation Company. His family was mainly shielded land. Lagerfeld and Richards sketched the rst collection
from the deprivations of World War II due to his fa- in 1963 together. When they wound up with 90 outts,
thers business interests in Germany through the rm Tiziani threw caution and invitations to the winds, borGlcksklee-Milch GmbH.[11][12] His father was in San rowed Catherine the Great's jewels from Harry Winston,
Francisco during the 1906 earthquake.[13] His mother is and opened his salon with a three-night wingding, acfrom Berlin;[14] according to Alicia Drake, she was a lin- cording to one report in 1969. Lagerfeld designed for the
gerie saleswoman there when she met her husband and company until 1969. Elizabeth Taylor was a fan of the
label; she referred to Evan as Evan Tiziani, which was, of
married him in 1930.
course, not his family name, and began wearing the outAfter attending a private school, Lagerfeld nished his ts in August 1966. Gina Lollobrigida, Doris Duke, and
secondary school at the Lyce Montaigne in Paris, where Princess Marcella Borghese were also customers while
he majored in drawing and history.[15]
Lagerfeld was designing the line. He was replaced in
Lagerfeld was hired as Pierre Balmains assistant after 1969 with Guy Douvier (19281993).
winning the coats category in a design competition spon- Lagerfeld began to freelance for French fashion house
sored by the International Wool Secretariat in 1955. In Chlo in 1964, at rst designing a few pieces each sea1958, after three years at Balmain, he moved to Jean son. As more and more pieces were incorporated, he
Patou where he designed two haute couture collections soon designed the entire collection. In 1970, he also
a year for ve years. His rst collection was shown in a began a brief design collaboration with Roman hautetwo-hour presentation in July 1958, but he used the name couture house Curiel; its head was Gigliola Curiel, who
Roland Karl, rather than Karl Lagerfeld. Although, in
1
International
present)
fame
(1982
Diesel for this collaboration is a great gift and acknowledgement of our reputation as the prt--porter of casual
wear.[17]
Lagerfeld designed the costumes for the Carmen sequences in the 2002 lm Callas Forever; in 2004, some
At the time, he was maintaining a design contract with outts for singer Madonna for her Re-Invention tour, and
Japanese rm Isetan to create collections for both men recently outts for Kylie Minogue's Showgirl tour.
and women through 30 licenses, had a lingerie line in the
Lagerfeld collaborated with H&M, which, on 12 NovemU.S. produced by Eve Stillmann, was designing shoes for
Charles Jourdan and sweaters for Ballantyne, and worked ber 2004, oered a limited range of Lagerfeld clothes for
men and women, in certain outlets. Only two days after
with Trevira as a fashion adviser.
having supplied its outlets, H&M announced that almost
In 2002, Karl Lagerfeld asked Renzo Rosso, the founder all the clothes were sold out. However, Lagerfeld has
of Diesel, to collaborate with him on a special denim expressed some fear that working with lower-end brands
collection for the Lagerfeld Gallery.[16] The collection, will taint his image; although, in the past he has worked
Lagerfeld Gallery by Diesel, was co-designed by Lager- closely with the hosiery designer Wolford.
feld and then developed by Diesels creative team, under the supervision of Rosso. It consisted of ve pieces Lagerfeld is also a photographer. He produced Visionthat were presented during the designers catwalk shows aire 23: The Emperors New Clothes, a series of nude
during Paris Fashion Week[17] and then sold in highly pictures of models and celebrities. He also personally
limited editions at the Lagerfeld Galleries in Paris and photographed Mariah Carey for the cover of V magazine
Monaco and at the Diesel Denim Galleries in New York in 2005. In addition to his editorial work for Harpers
and Tokyo. During the rst week of sales in New York, Bazaar, Numro, and Russian and German editions of
more than 90% of the trousers were sold out, even though Vogue, Lagerfeld photographs advertising campaigns for
prices ranged from $240 to $1,840.[18] In a statement af- the houses under his directionChanel, Fendi, and his
ter the show in Paris, Rosso said: I am honored to have eponymous line.
met this fashion icon of our time. Karl represents creativ- In the 1980s, Hans Christian Andersen tale The Emity, tradition and challenge, and the fact that he thought of perors New Clothes was published with drawings by
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Lagerfeld.
On 10 November 2010, Lagerfeld and Swedish crystal manufacturer Orrefors announced a collaboration to
design a crystal art collection.[24] The rst collection
was launched in spring 2011, called Orrefors by Karl
Lagerfeld.[25]
On 10 September 2010, the Couture Council of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology presented
Lagerfeld with an award created for him, The Couture
Council Fashion Visionary Award, at a benet luncheon
at Avery Fisher Hall, New York.[23]
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[4] http://de.kisswu.de/wordpress/2010/10/12/label-chloe/
[5] The ways in which Lagerfeld has carefully crafted his
iconic image is explored in the 2007 documentary, Lagerfeld Condential
[6] Colapinto, John (19 March 2007). Proles In the now,
where Karl Largerfeld lives. The New Yorker. Retrieved
8 September 2011.
[7] Interview on On n'est pas couch, France2, 21 February
2009
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[9] Der grosse Karl wird schon 80 Die Welt, 7 July 2013 (German)
biography at Munzinger-Archiv (German)
[10] Lagerfeld, Karl; Houdret, Jean-Claude (2005). The Karl
Lagerfeld Diet. PowerHouse Books. ISBN 978-1-57687251-2.
[11] Sahner, Paul (2009). Karl (in German). mvg verlag. p.
15. ISBN 978-3-86882-015-7.
[13] Horyn, Cathy, Why Fashion Films Are Usually Cartoons, New York Times, Sun. Oct. 6, 2013, p. 13
[33] Adams, Stephen (2 January 2009). Karl Lagerfeld defends fur industry saying 'beasts would kill us if we didn't
kill them. The Telegraph (London). Retrieved 8 September 2011.
Marconi
[37] German designer Wolfgang Joop lashes out at supermodel. Bild.de. 17 April 2009. Retrieved 8 September
2011.
Condential,
[18] Bailly, Jenny (9 August 2002). Diesel Gets 'Experimental' As Lagerfeld Gallery Takes Soho Store by Storm.
Fashionwindows.com. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
[19] Karl Lagerfeld Launches New Denim Collection. Designer Denim News. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 8
September 2011.
[20] Karl Lagerfeld Becomes a Video-Game Character. Nymag.com. 8 April 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
[21] Get Your Karl Lagerfeld Teddy Bear for Just $1,500!".
New York Magazine. 22 August 2008.
[42] Fitzmaurice, Sarah (31 July 2012). "'I don't like her face.
She should only show her back': Karl Lagerfelds cutting
verdict on Pippa Middletons looks. Daily Mail (London).
[45]
[27] Ownens, Mitchell (May 2012). Daily AD The aesthete : collecting the singular jewelry of french designer
Suzanne Belperron. AD / Architectural Digest.
[28] KARL
LAGERFELD'S
EARLY
SKETCHES TO BE AUCTIONED.
Reporter.
FASHION
Hollywood
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Karl Lagerfeld Ocial Website
New Yorker: John Colapinto: In The Now. Where
Karl Lagerfeld Lives Extensive prole (c. 10,000
words)
The Independent: Susannah Frankel: Being Karl
Lagerfeld: Whats it like being the most powerful
man in fashion? 5 November 2011
Interactive timeline of couture houses and couturier biographies. Victoria and Albert Museum.
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