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Karl lagerfeld has lent his illustrative talents to the allure of chanel, a book by paul morand originally released in english in 2008 without his sketches about the woman who founded the label, coco chanel. Karl lagerfeld has 87 books on goodreads with 2817 ratings. Though nothing about karl lagerfeld s final chanel show invited an emotional outpouring, the finale brought many to tears, including the models and many in the front row. From 1983, the late karl lagerfeld championed the classic chanel style bringing to fashion s forefront a brand that had slowly declined following the death of coco, ten years earlier. See more ideas about fashion sketches, fashion art and illustration.
Feb 19, 2019 karl lagerfeld, the most prolific designer of the 20th and 21st centuries and a man whose career formed the prototype of the modern luxury fashion industry, died on tuesday in paris. Karl lagerfeld sketches expected to sell for thousands at auction. Rare karl lagerfeld fashion drawings prices 125 auction price. Gerd mullerthomkins, director of the german fashion institute, discussed with dw lagerfelds french. His visionary talent further expanded beyond fashion to include illustration, photography, styling and publishing.
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Image courtesy of chanel karl lagerfeld sketches that pay homage to coco chanels iconic jacket. Karl lagerfeld born 1933 is a german fashion designer, artist and photographer based in paris. Riccardo tisci, karl lagerfeld, carine roitfeld and kim kardashian attend the cr fashion book issue no. Rimbaud and verlaine are also quite obvious choices, but at the same time theres nothing more beautiful that the two characters in paul verlaines colloque sentimental. Along with warhol, lopez introduced lagerfeld to american pop.
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Karl lagerfeld, original name karl otto lagerfeld, born september 10, 1933. Ideas for fashion illustration sketches chanel karl lagerfeld fashion illustration. But new books show both had an outsize effect on fashion. Karl lagerfelds most memorable designs throughout his. In addition to being the creative director of his signature brand, lagerfeld oversaw the creative direction of the chanel and fendi fashion houses. He is the head designer and creative director for the fashion house chanel as well as the italian house fendi, in addition to having his own label fashion house. Karl lagerfelds fashion empire in the now the new yorker. What karl lagerfelds final collection for chanel was like. Karl lagerfeld has lent his illustrating talents to the allure of chanel, a book by paul morand originally released in english in 2010 without his sketches about the woman who founded the label, coco chanel. Karl lagerfeld fashion, fashion illustration sketches. Reuters reports that in 2000, he tapped christies to auction off more than 150 paintings and 400 pieces of french furniture.
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