Vogue
Karl Lagerfeld, one of the most prolific and widely popular designers of the 20th and 21st centuries, has died in Paris. He was 85.
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. More
Ok.
How will I ever know how to dress myself now. Someone or some group is hardest hit but I have no idea who.
piffft
“Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.”
Karl Lagerfeld
I don’t know who this guy is but I’m sure glad he’s dead.
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Requiescat in Pace Karl…..
Donald Pleasence was the best Lagerfeld.
He was a legend in his field, Haute Couture. He had a good run and made a lasting impression. The question is, who will take over Chanel?
Ah, but was he as well dressed as our corpsemen?
I’m a regular here for a couple/three years and I love you all and this site. Last weekend I attended a lovely wedding on a yacht (not private) on Tampa Bay. A beautiful location and semi formal requested. You hafta do that in Florida else you get halter tops n flip flops. I found a cool outfit with skinny leg pants. I try (at 70) to sray a tad trendy. I left Cali in ’78 – thank you Jesus! Karl Lagerfeld was a name I knew. My European parents both had old fashioned style so SoCal in the 60-70s was a great place to get to know the original Hollywood fashionistas. Chanel et al. Back to the wedding, a beautiful reverent ceremony. Groom was former USAF still working in IT In Afganistan, beautiful, some wonderful shade of tawny brown bride, mother of their miracle baby who has already survived umpteen open heart operations in her first year and a few months of life. They are amazing as they forgo immediate joy to secure a comfortable future when he returns, next year!
To Lagerfeld again. My beautiful gently plus sized grandaughter came with Irish hubs all the way from Ireland to see her step bro get married. My son had helped raise the groom so we were so happy to be invited. The granddaughter had a cute short dress, black stockings and low heels but desperately wanted and needed a sheer wrap to cover arms/shoulders. Dillards had a Karl Lagerfeld sheer black mesh (with pearls gently placed) loose wrap. Stayed in its place all night. She felt elegant…as she was. Thank you Karl. You da bomb.
I have had scant exposure to couture. A very few examples I’ve seen on women celebrated their form, their femininity, made their charms and allure into something to be noticed and admired.
Most of it was some bizarre expression of a message in a language I do not speak.
He was always very odd to look at, but RIP nonetheless.
I like vintage Chanel. Nothing after 1950.
Yeah, What MJA said.
I was born in the wrong decade.
He was one of the few designers that designed for our FLOTUS so I liked him for that.
Seemed like a decent guy.
A tad eccentric.
But you can make good money off eccentric.
RIP dude.
He sure looks gay.
I worked in couture for a little bit (construction and design, though my heart stays with the work of Maison Lesage). Lagerfeld was a rare bird. Unlike most designers, who are to dressing women as any of the faddish artistes are to modern art, he liked to have fun, he actually liked women and wanted them to leave his House looking great. He’s a hard act to follow.
I think I read that his sister lives in the US and I saw their photos together in an article somewhere. Also articles about Karl and his cat Choupette? and how much he loved her. I wonder how much kitty will inherit?
I rarely stray from Duluth Trading Company.
My boys are happy. I am happy. And dashing.
I mean i am dashing. Not my boys.
Only democrats think their boys are dashing and send photos of them across al gore’s internet.
Karl with his beloved cat https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/five-things-to-know-about-karl-lagerfeld-s-now-very-wealthy-cat-20190220-p50yy3.html
A skinny corpse. I liked the guy because he wasn’t full of it.
“T-shirts for ten dollars are even more fashion today than expensive fashion.”
RIP.
If I had endless money I would wear vintage Fath, Balmain, Dior, Balenciaga and the contemporary Alexander McQueen. Every now and then I find some vintage fashion treaure at a thrift store for next to nothing.
@Anon, he is gay, his boyfriend died with AIDS. His boyfriend is buried next to Lagerfeld’s mother. Read his wiki today, the guy was weird. However, I wonder what he died from, that seems to be a secret.
His shit is the only cammo I’ll wear in the duck blind. However the mutt is not happy about it.
I respect Lagerfeld as a gifted, talented artist, who had the good sense to keep his private life to himself, not make it political and design for our First Lady, Melania.
He seemed to be very direct, capitalist oriented and probably pissed off the left on occasion – a good thing.
Hope he made peace with God before he passed away.
@Goldenfoxx: Judging from his picture, if he wasn’t gay, he shoulda been.
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