Lagerfeld's Life And Accomplishments
Karl Lagerfeld (born Karl Otto Lagerfeldt, 10 September 1933) is 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 label fashion house. 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.[5]
Contents
1 Early life
2 International fame (1982–present)
3 Controversies
4 Image
4.1 Weight loss
5 Personal life
6 References
7 External links
Early life
Lagerfeld was born in Hamburg. He has claimed he was born in 1938 to Elisabeth of Germany (1897–1978, née Bahlman) and Otto Ludwig Lagerfeldt from Sweden. [6] He is known to insist that no one knows his real birth date; interviewed on French …show more content…
He produced Visionaire 23: The Emperor 's New Clothes, a series of nude pictures of models and celebrities. He also personally photographed Mariah Carey for the cover of V magazine in 2005. In addition to his editorial work for Harper 's Bazaar, Numéro, and Russian and German editions of Vogue, Lagerfeld photographs advertising campaigns for the houses under his direction—Chanel, Fendi, and his eponymous line.
In the 1980s, Hans Christian Andersen tale "The Emperor 's New Clothes" was published with drawings by Lagerfeld.
The designer was also the subject of French reality-TV series "Signé Chanel" in 2005. It covered the creation of his fall/winter 2004–2005 Chanel couture collection and aired on Sundance Channel in the United States during the fall of 2006.
He has also supported and encouraged the work of up-and-coming designers including Philip Colbert of Rodnik.[citation needed]
On 18 December 2006, Lagerfeld announced the launch of a new collection for men and women dubbed K Karl Lagerfeld, which included fitted T-shirts and a wide range of
Contents
1 Early life
2 International fame (1982–present)
3 Controversies
4 Image
4.1 Weight loss
5 Personal life
6 References
7 External links
Early life
Lagerfeld was born in Hamburg. He has claimed he was born in 1938 to Elisabeth of Germany (1897–1978, née Bahlman) and Otto Ludwig Lagerfeldt from Sweden. [6] He is known to insist that no one knows his real birth date; interviewed on French …show more content…
He produced Visionaire 23: The Emperor 's New Clothes, a series of nude pictures of models and celebrities. He also personally photographed Mariah Carey for the cover of V magazine in 2005. In addition to his editorial work for Harper 's Bazaar, Numéro, and Russian and German editions of Vogue, Lagerfeld photographs advertising campaigns for the houses under his direction—Chanel, Fendi, and his eponymous line.
In the 1980s, Hans Christian Andersen tale "The Emperor 's New Clothes" was published with drawings by Lagerfeld.
The designer was also the subject of French reality-TV series "Signé Chanel" in 2005. It covered the creation of his fall/winter 2004–2005 Chanel couture collection and aired on Sundance Channel in the United States during the fall of 2006.
He has also supported and encouraged the work of up-and-coming designers including Philip Colbert of Rodnik.[citation needed]
On 18 December 2006, Lagerfeld announced the launch of a new collection for men and women dubbed K Karl Lagerfeld, which included fitted T-shirts and a wide range of