Biography
Karl Lagerfeld is a world famous fashion designer who became famous for cooperation with fashionable houses Chanel, Chloe, Fendi.Childhood and youth
Karl Otto Lagerfeld was born in September 1933 in Hamburg. The Kuturier himself claims that the date of his birth was 1938, and he can confirm this documentary. The father of Boy Otto Lagerfeld was a wealthy bank employee. At the time of the birth of the son of Mother, German by origin, turned 42 years old, and his father who had Swedish roots was 60 years old. The boy was the only son in the family, but he has two step sisters.
When Carlo Lagerfelda turned 14 years old, parents moved to Paris. With their consent, the Son went to study at the School of High Fashion: The talent for the design of clothes The young men was still manifested in Hamburg. In this educational institution for young fashion designers, Karl met and made friends with Yves Saint-Laurent.
The first creative victory of Karl Lagerfeld dates back to 1954. Then the International Wool Secretariat organized a competition, according to the results of which a 21-year-old (according to Lagerfeld - 14-year-old) guy received the first award, awarded for the best sketch of the coat. After that, Carl was invited to the famous fashion house "Pierre Balmon", where the young man was gaining experience for four years.
Personal life
It is believed that the Couturier is unconventional sexual orientation. Karl was never married and did not have children.Personal life of Karl Lagerfeld is an affair with the best friend of Jacques de Bashnel, who did not become in 1989. In an interview with Karl, recognized that there were exclusively Platonic relations between them. After 12 years, the Union collapsed, and Jacques went to Iva Saint-Laurean. After 6 years, de Bashker died of AIDS.
After the death of Jacques, the designer no longer associated his life with anyone. The designer answered the questions of a personal character that his love died and "all over it".
Lagerfeld did not like questions about his personal life, arguing that he was indecent about it in adulthood. In recent years of life, three people were constantly in the house of the fashion designer - the housekeeper, cook and chauffeur.
After the death of a close man, the Burmese cat whisper became the only attachment of Karl. Previously, she belonged to his friend Baptist Hyabikoni. Leaving on a business trip, he asked Lagerfeld to look after the animal, and when he returned, he discovered that he was no longer able to part. The favorite was shot in several brand advertising campaigns, inspired fashion designer to create new collections and branded printing. Especially for the whisper, the owner hired two maids and bought a separate aircraft.
Fashion
In 1958, Karl Lagerfeld was invited to Jean Patu, where the designer was delayed in the positions of Art-Director for 4 years. Disappointed in the world of high fashion, the young kuturier left Paris and went to Italy, where he took up the study of the history of the arts. However, Lagerfeld suddenly realized that the fashion world left early: it was not really disappointed in him, but simply heard the monotony.
The creative biography of Lagerfeld continued in the mid-1960s. Karl as an independent designer worked for four fashion houses - Chloé, Krizia, Charles Jourdan and Fendi. The uniqueness of the fashion designer was that he created exclusive models for each brand, unlike each other. In 1974, the designer released his own first clothing line for men and immediately received an invitation to become a professor of the Vienna School of Applied Art.
In 1980, Lagerfeld invented fashion skirts and mini skirts. But glory hit the designer after 3 years, when he became an art director of the house "Chanel". At that time, the fashion designer created the line of rushing-a-port. A little later, new lines of clothing KL and KL by Karl Lagerfeld appeared. A talented fashion designer managed to make an outdated style "Chanel" dynamic and modern. In 1986, for the new collection for this brand, Karl Lagerfeld received an honorary award of "Golden Thrust".
In the late 1990s, Lagerfeld style becomes closer to the style of the famous Coco Chanel. Costumes and evening dresses, carved in the style of Bel Epok, acquire world glory. At the same time, the individual style of Lagerfeld himself was finally formed, to which the designer remained faithful to the last days, is dark glasses, a classic men's black or gray-colored suit and leather gloves-mitts.
In its own collections, the fashion designer loved to use the skin and fur than repeatedly caused angry protests from animal defenders. In 2001, a scandal occurred with the participation of activists of the organization PETA. Since then, in the year, Couturier produces only one sobular fur coat, whereas in former times the number of fur products was one hundred pieces.
The range of products that Karl Lagerfeld produced and accessories. The designer annually updated the collection of women's bags, releaseing small, medium and volumetric copies, whose photos were then post on the official website. He has a series of sunglasses, nestors, covers for "iPhone" and laptops.
Released couture and shoes, mainly in the premium segment. It is believed that it was Lagerfeld that made fashionable a combination of elegant skirts and dresses with sneakers and rude boots: before that, designers could not think about to wear these things together.
Vaudia Schiffer, Diana Kruger, Stella Tennant, Kara Malia Mallamin. Girls, each in due time, became central figures on the show of the Matra. In photo shoots, the fashion designer also participated Vanessa Paradi, Keira Knightley, Ines De La Fressing.
In addition to the designer popularity, the fashion designer became famous for the talent of the photographer. For this, Carl was awarded award-winning Lucky Strike Designer Award and the honorary prize of the German Society lovers of artistic photo of Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Fotographie. After these victories in the fashion capital, a gallery of Charles Lagerfeld opened.
Another gallery called Studio 7L appeared later. She became famous for the fact that at the year at least ten new collections of clothing were born in it. The tireless designer admitted that at that time a dream occupied 4 hours a day.
Karl Lagerfeld is a great connoisseur of books. In the personal library of designer thousands of copies. From his own name, the fashion designer founded the publishing house 7L, in which the bookstore operates. In 2000, Karl put a part of his own collection of publications about the art of France XVIII century. Lagerfeld and himself became the author of several books on fashion history and photo albums. In 2004, in the book "Diet" he told readers his story of the fight against overweight, and in 2013 a collection was released by his quotation "Karl Lagerfeld. Wisdom of life. Philosophy of style. "
Another passion for the Matra is the creation of a exquisite female and male perfume. Since 1975, Carl Lagerfeld produced perfume brands Chloé, Kl, Jako. Favorite toilet water of the fashion designer was the fragrance with the smell of the book, and the buyers liked the Fleur de Pecher line.
Karl Lagerfeld His contemporaries call the emperor fashion. In the old years, the designer was tireless and refused to go to the honorary retirement. The last quarter of a century, the fashion designer remained the creative director of the house "Chanel". Lagerfeld dressed Hollywood stars and did not forget about the second passion - photographs.
In Moscow, there is a corporate store Karl Lagerfeld, he opened BNS Group in 2018. Also, fashion designers can be bought in Tsum or order on Internet platforms, such as "Vaildberry".
In 2007, the film "Secrets of Lagerfeld", dedicated to the designer, who removed the Rodolf Marconi. The first point of the picture took place at the International Film Festival in Berlin. After 7 years, the premiere of the full-length film "Yves Saint-Laurent" was followed, where Lagerfeld played Nikolai Kinsky in his youth. Also in 2016, Director Laurent Allen-Caron released the film "Karl Lagerfeld. To be and stem.
During 2017, Sebastian Jordo, a former manpenter, worked on the Lagerfeld's patronage over his own fashionable collection. Presentation of the Lagerfeld student's clothing line took place in the spring of 2018.
On the eve of the 85th anniversary of Karl Lagerfeld, together with the cosmetic Australian brand, Modelco launched its own line of decorative cosmetics, which included lip gloss, shadows, lipstick, blush, powder and mascara.
From time to time Karl Lagerfeld reminded himself the scandalous statements that were long discussed in the press. Quotes Matra quickly became popular, as they immediately picked up glossy publications. For example, Couturier extremely critical perceived complete women. The fashion designer claimed that no one wants to watch on the plump representatives of the weaker sex. The only occupation of such persons is to sit in front of the TVs with chips and discussed the ugliness of skinny models.
For some expressions, Lagerfeld even had to apologize, as happened in 2012 with the loved one of the British - the singer Adele. Carl called the girl too tolstoy, although he gave tribute to the "divine voice" and the beautiful features of the face.
Also, the fashion designer could not endure low men, considering that only a woman was permitted to be miniature. At the same time, Lagerfeld himself was not particularly high with an increase - 1 m 77 cm, and most of his life had to deal with overweight. Later, Charles shared that the main stimulus to lose weight for him was the opportunity to again wear the alternate suits of Dior Homme.
In another interview, Lagerfeld criticized in the fluff and dust of Russian men, saying that in most those "real freaks." But the women of Russia Couturier called the most beautiful in the world. To this, Master Fashion added that in the place of Russian beauties would prefer non-traditional sexual orientation.
Another scandalous statement of Karl Lagerfeld concerned the children. The designer stated that paternity is the last thing he would like. And in general he hated children, because "born not by a family man." However, he was still a collection of children's clothing, on his official website you can buy sweatshirts, T-shirts and accessories for kids.
Lagerfeld did not try to promote dependence on fashionable brands. In his opinion, the feeling of style is able to uncover each in itself, you can be irresistible just in jeans and a T-shirt - it all depends on the inner sensation. At the same time, Kuturier was confident that beauty demands money, and argued that he did not understand men who accused the weak floor in mercantility, because beautiful dresses, well-groomed hair and neat manicure, attracting men, are not free of charge.
Death
February 19, 2019 Karl Lagerfeld died at the 86th year of life. According to Le Figaro, recently, Kuturier felt not the best.For the first time, the public was concerned about the state of the fashion designer when Karl did not reach the traditional bow at the end of the collection of collections in Paris. Since 1983, Couturier has always left the audience in the final. Lagerfeld remained behind the silent couliars.
Later, he said that he did not come out due to an ankle dislocated, but in fact the fashion designer had more serious reasons for their ailments. A month later, on February 18, Lagerfeld was hospitalized, and the next day he died. According to the media, the cause of the death of the pancreas was caused.
According to the last will, the couturier the solemn farewell ceremony was not carried out. There was no funeral: Lagerfeld's body was cremated, and the dust was mixed with the ashes of his beloved Jacques de Bashker and Mother. He has no grave, the place of storage of the designer's remains and its loved ones is kept secret. During his lifetime, he explained that the posthumous rites were unpleasant and he wants "just disappear as animals in the virgin forest."
In September 2019, a new collection of cosmetics was published, which Karl Lagerfeld developed after his lifetime together with the Laloal brand. Their cooperation has not been advertised for a long time, but the couturier has no time to present new items. Everything in the new collection, from the color of the package to the composition of the set, is a tribute to the tastes of the late fashion designer, loved black and white shades, bright shadows for the accent on the eyes and catchy lipstick.
State assessment
The state of the late fashion designer is estimated at about $ 200 million. It is known that Karl Lagerfeld left the testament, but its details are kept secret from the public. The public still guessing who became the main heir, because of the close people of Kuturier to the end of their lives were left.
It was possible to find out the journalists that part of the funds of Lagerfeld bequeathed a Schutet cat: Couturier had German citizenship, and German laws allow the transfer of an inheritance to animals if a special fund was previously organized for them and the manager was appointed. However, the whisper is mentioned in the will only "among others", and the names of the remaining heirs are not disclosed. The media believes that this is the congestion of the fashion designer Hudson Carnig, as well as his father - a brand cerebral mannequin.
Quotes
"If you wear sports pants, then you surrendered. It means that something in your life went wrong. "" You should deal with what brings happiness. Forget about money or more about something that is accepted. If you are happy, working in a rustic store, work. Life alone. "" Yves Saint-Laurent? The average Frenchman, besides the provincial. "" The only form of love, in which I believe - the maternal ".Bibliography
1998 - "Water: from XVIII to the beginning of the XX century"
2004 - "Diet"
2004 - "Portrait of Dorian Gray"
2012 - "Little Black Jacket"
2013 - "Karl Lagerfeld. Wisdom of life. Style Philosophy »
2015 - Fendi by Karl Lagerfeld