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
Because it's very clean, very impeccable but then it's all inspired by the legions and nobles of the North. The hair is done like a Munch painting, and the things are inspired by the music of Grieg.
The hair and the makeup are the only real wild points of it. It is orange makeup ... like fire and flames. And the hair is all back. But then there are tiny little metal things which is what keeps the hair away and explodes like flames.
I don't understand the change of hair...Frankly, the fringe was a bad idea. It's not good.
That’s why I sleep alone. My hair is curly, and that’s why I have my ponytail. I look like a madman, like something out of a horror movie,
To reinvent a newly impeccable you in the most modern of outfits, don't skip on makeup and be sure to have flawless skin and hair. That will have more impact than expensive clothes.
My hair is not really white; it's kind of grayish, and I don't like the color. So I make it totally white with Klorane dry shampoo. That is the best thing to do because my hair is always clean.
Everything is about cut. But worse than couture cuts. The dresses from far away, you think that it is a little T-shirt. And then you get near to it, you are scared by the craftsmanship put into that dress.
Every coat is different and in every kind of material,
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.
My family is from there. I thought it was my moment in time to show a little of what this part of Europe is all about -- the poetry, the inspiration, the art and the spirit and the feeling of that area.
Maybe there's a little '70s touch, ... One has to find something,
I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before I even went to school. That helped a lot.
Normal people think I'm insane.
Filming the girl was a really nasty trick,