Karl, Karl Lagerfed
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Dear Lagergelt lovers,
Karl Otto Lagerfeld, born September 10th 1933, is known for being
an incredible photographer as well as his uncanny ability to create a
sophisticated, outrageous collection. As creative director of Chanel, owning
his own label, and designer for Fendi, Lagerfeld always seems to put
an exquisite collection together and still has time
to collaborate with other designers.
At age 22 Lagerfeld was awarded
a position with Pierre Balmaine after winning second in a coat
designing competition. Losing first place to Yves St. Larent, Lagerfeld will
always be bitter towards the designer.
Lagerfeld's first solo collection was a
two-hour catastrophic mess, negative reviews slapped down Karl's
collection faster than the models could saunter down the runway.
"The firm's brand new, 25
year old, Ronald Karl, showed a collection which stressed shape and had no
trace of last year's sack. A couple of short black cocktail dresses were cut so
wide open at the front that some of the women reporters gasped. Other cocktail
and evening dresses featured low-cut backs." -Carrie Donovan
In 1960, Lagerfeld put out a second collection;
again the collection was poorly received.
"It looked clever
and immensely sell-able ready-to-wear, not
couture." -Carrie Donovan
After that Lagerfeld took a break.
In 1963 Lagerfeld gave his designing
another go. After spending a few years on the beach he had a fresh perspective.
Joining Evan Richards at Tiziani, a Roman couture house, the two sketched out a
collection together in 1963. Lagerfeld continued designing for the
collection until 1969 when he was replaced by Guy Douvier. After he
began designing freelance for Curiel in 1970, his first collection
was described as "drippy drappy elegance" for a "1930's cinema
queen."
In 2002,
Lagerfeld politely approached Renzo Rosso, founder
of Diesel, and asked to do a collaboration. The collection was put on
display during the 2002 Paris Fashion Week. The
collection received raving reviews. In New York and Tokyo the
collections sold 90% of their trousers within the first week of show.
The collaboration was a success and put Karl Lagerfeld back on the
map.
" I am honored to have met the
fashion icon of our time. Karl represents creativity, tradition
and challenge, and the fact that he thought of Diesel for this
collection is a great gift and acknowledgement of out reputation as the
pret-a-porter of casual wear." -Renzo Rosso
In November,12, 2004, Karl Lagerfeld and
Swedish brand H&M's collaboration offered a limited range of different
men's and women's apparel. Lagerfeld feared working for an outlet store
would disfigure his "couture image," although his line was
well received, almost all his clothes were sold within a few short days.
On September,10, 2010 Lagerfeld was
presented with "The Couture Council Visionary Award." On the same day
Orrefus announced their collaboration with Lagerfeld. Their fist collection
"Orrefus by Karl Lagerfeld:" was launched in Spring of 2011.
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| Chanel 2012 spring/summer Paris |
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| Fendi 2012 |
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| Chanel 2011 |
x- The Collector
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