Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Otto Lagerfeldis a German fashion designer, artist, and photographer based in Paris. He is the head designer and creative director of the fashion house Chanel as well as the Italian house Fendi and his own fashion label. Over the decades, he has collaborated on a variety of fashion and art-related projects. He is well recognized around the world for his trademark white hair, black glasses, and high starched collars...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth10 September 1933
CityHamburg, Germany
CountryGermany
I don't have any stress. I'm very lucky. I live a very healthy life.
I hate the past - especially my own past.
I can no longer walk in the street. That's over.
What I enjoy most is doing something I've never done before.
I never look at my watch when I'm sketching!
Pfft, I hate Christmas Day. It's for children and families. Not for people like me.
There is a softer, romantic tough by some of the prints and by the colors. It's not harsh. Some is body-conscious. Some is completely fluid.
kind of flesh colored leather stockings more than boots.
Italian craftsmanship is really our treasure. So we're very proud of that and we try to do everything by hand.
Some have a little balloon touch, but you can always see through. So without being naked, you can see the body. So the clothes float around the body in a way. Everything's very light, light, light. The main thing is weightless, weightless, weightless.
It does not worry me personally - I like communication and visibility - but then I don't have to think about commerce. I like the idea of seeing it everywhere. Designers can't live in an ivory tower. And to copy well is as difficult now as it was in the past.
I see things in the middle of the night. I draw them on paper and I don't even think about it. I'm like a machine in a way - just made of some electronic stuff. Vaguely digital.
I like girls to be wild but at the same time beautifully brought up and very funny.
Sometimes the idea of being truly iconic has something to do with not necessarily being beautiful and thus trying harder.