Legendary Designer Karl Lagerfeld Has Died

[DP]

Lagerfeld was Creative Director of Chanel, the French house founded by Gabrielle Chanel, for an era-defining, age-defying 36 years. Upon assuming the reins in 1983, Lagerfeld swiftly revived Chanel, reinterpreting the house founder’s iconic tweed skirt suits, little black dresses, and quilted handbags. He did it via the lens of hip-hop one season and California surfer chicks the next—he was a pop culture savant—without ever forgetting what the revolutionary Coco stood for: independence, freedom, and modernity.

https://www.vogue.com/article/karl-lagerfeld-obituary

[NewtonMP2100]

.....was going to post this but don't think fashion is talked much in this place....

[Kraniac]

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--""Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants""--

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Karl Lagerfeld-probably a little bit tipsy on some bomb champagne when he said it

yum, i think he's basically right except i bought these..

[DP]

Well, he was a big influence and many considered him quite an artist. Here's another paragraph from the article:

In more recent years, as the company’s fortunes grew and grew, Lagerfeld became known for the lavish Grand Palais sets he conceived for the six Chanel collections he designed a year. There was a rocket ship, a reproduction of the Eiffel Tower, and a supermarché stocked strictly with Chanel-brand products. Florence Welch sang on the half-shell at the Spring 2012 show. Most memorable of all was the improbable giant iceberg from Scandinavia that Chanel shipped across the continent for the Fall 2010 show. Lagerfeld also pioneered the concept of the traveling pre-season show. The Karl caravan has landed variously in Versailles; Linlithgow, Scotland; Dallas; Seoul; and, spectacularly, Havana, Cuba.

He did some very nice work as a photographer...

[Bernie]

[Kraniac]

Bernie wrote:

Is that collar real?? LOL..he musta prob got into a little fender bender

that collar is not FasHionAble...lol..it's stupid looking

[NewtonMP2100]

....he also often carried a fan..........

[Thrift Store Scott]

R.I.P. Karl.

Before Calvin Klein fragrances became de rigeur, possibly before they were even introduced, Lagerfeld's signature scent for men was wildly popular. Personally I always thought his cologne smelled, for better or worse, exactly like a hayloft, but who am I to question fashion?

[rgG]

He was a true original, that's for sure