Karl lagerfeld young

Unmistakable are the designer's trademarks — the white powdered pigtail, a towering patricide, dark sunglasses and, until the early s, a hand fan, which he said he used as protection against paparazzi and to ward off cigarette smoke.

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The eccentric designer, fashion designer, photographer and costume designer is largely responsible for the revival of the French fashion house Chanel, whose rise he accompanied as chief designer since He wins first place in a competition of the International Wool Secretariat for the design of a coat. This is followed by an apprenticeship as a tailor with Pierre Balmain, who himself is a juror of the competition.

Lagerfeld moves to the successful designer Jean Patou, where he held the position of artistic director until Lagerfeld starts his first own company in Germany, Karl Lagerfeld Impression. Lagerfeld designs the first costumes in Genoa. Projects for the Vienna Burgtheater and the Salzburg Festival follow. Lagerfeld was the first fashion designer to hold a guest professorship at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna.

Lagerfeld became designer of the haute couture collection at Chanel, helping the then dusty fashion brand regain its splendor and rise to become an internationally successful billion-dollar corporation. The fashion designer starts his label Karl Lagerfeld together with the French textile manufacturer Bidermann.

Karl lagerfeld brand

This has been sold on several times since , before the brand rights revert to Lagerfeld himself in The KL line, which has been existing since , is available in the Quelle catalog popular German shopping catalog like the Sears catalog. He designs a women's collection under the name Lagerfeld Gallery while opening boutiques of the same name together with Andre Putman selling not only clothes, but also books and exclusive photographs.

Lagerfeld is the fashion discounter's first design collaborator and establishes a series of collaborations.