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Born: September 10,1933 (age 77)

Hamburg, German

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Lagerfeld was born in Hamburg, Germany September 10, 1938as Karl Otto Lagerfeldt, but he later changed it to Lagerfeld as "it

sounds more commercial. This now highly influential designermoved to Paris at age 10 and started working at fashion housesas a draftsman. This started his fashion career by teaching youngKarl about the world of design.

At age 22 Karl became the assistant to Pierre Balmain after

winning 2nd place in a design competition sponsored by theInternational Wool Secretariat. The next three years were spentwith Balmain until Lagerfeld moved on and accepted the role of artdirector for Jean Patou.

The following five years, Patou taught Lagerfeld all about,architecture, music and history. The first couture collection that hedesigned for Patou was not well received and was very risqu forParis at the time. However his next Couture fashion collection wasa great improvement and had the media shouting bravo!.
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Universally recognized as one of the most prolific and high-

profile designers of the last 20 years, Karl Lagerfeld hasmaintained his reputation through consistently strong work for thenumerous lines he produces every year. Each label has its owndistinct look, while clearly bearing the bold, uncompromisingLagerfeld signature that guarantees the success of everything he

produces.

Moving between several main collections, Lagerfeld designs withconsummate ease, displaying the skills he learned from hiscouture background in fine tailoring and flashes of surreal

detailing. He has functioned best as a catalyst, reinvigoratinglabels and broadening their customer base. Since 1983 he mostspectacularly demonstrated this capability at Chanel, where,despite some criticism, Lagerfeld brought back the label to thepinnacle of high fashion.


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He produced endless innovative variations on the signature tweed suits thatoften mix street style references, such as teaming the traditional Chanel

jacket with denim miniskirts and the signature gilt buttons and chains.Lagerfeld also stretched the Chanel look to embrace younger customers,with club-influenced black fishnet body stockings, the traditional Chanelcamellia placed cheekily over the breasts, and hefty lace-up boots setagainst flowing georgette skirts and leather jackets. This combination of witwith recognizable Chanel symbols rejuvenated the house, making

Lagerfelds fashion word an inspirational message to a new generation.Only Lagerfeld could put Chanel label on panties (1993) and camellia-trimmed cotton vests (1992) to make them the most talked-about elementsof the Paris collections. Yet this quirkiness was underpinned by the quality ofLagerfelds designs and the mix of classic separates that have alwaysbeenan undercurrent in his work. His own name label, KL, highlights these skills.

Bold tailoring,easy-to-wear cardigan jackets in his favorite bright colors,combined with softly shaped knitwear, showed the breadth of his talentsand ensured the longevity of his appeal. If his more outrageouscombinations at Chanel have enabled him to outlive the excesses of the1970s that trapped some of his contemporaries, then his clever manipulationof fabric and color has prolonged the life of his clothes still further.


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From 1975 to 2008 Lagerfeld launched 5 fragrances includingChloe which was the first time a fragrance was branded globally

by a designer who did not have his own label. After the launch andsuccess of Chloe, Karl launched LAGERFELD, PHOTO, andfinally JAKO.In 1983 Karl Lagerfeld was named Art Director forChanel where he is today and in 1984 Karl launched his ownclothing line, KARL LAGERFELD. Dont forget that Karl was stilldesigning for Fendi during this time and if that wasnt enough he

decided to get back on the Chloe train for another 5 years as headdesigner. Further still in 1987 Lagerfeld picked up the camera andhasnt put it down since. He has been shooting for top fashionmagazines and often creates his own spreads and advertisingcampaigns for the lines he designs for. Altogether Karl Lagerfeld is

a brilliant man with many brilliant talents.


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1933 Karl Otto Lagerfeldt is born in Hambur1938 The year Karl would like to be born in and frequently tells people this (He wasactually born in 1933 as per the local christening records)1953 Karl Lagerfeld moves to Paris

1955 Balmain hires a new assistant and that assistant is Lagerfeld1958 Lagerfeld moves to Jean Patou as Assistant Director1963 Lagerfeld began designing for Roman Fashion house Tiziani until 19691964 Karl freelances for Chloe until they hire him in 1970 until 19721972 He collaborates with Italian fashion house Fendi (Is still currently at Fendi)1980 Designs for the La Scala Theatre in Milan until 19901998 Karl Lagerfeld designed his own collection called LAGERFELD GALLERY

1999 Opened bookstore 7L2000 Opened Publishing company Editions 7L2002 Designed costumes for Carmen sequences in Callas Forever2004Karl Lagerfeld designs 30 looks for H&M under the Lagerfeld for H&M line2004 Madonna gets Lagerfeld outfits for her Re-Invention tour2005 Lagerfeld Gallery get sold to Tommy Hilfiger, Karl remains the head of directionfor Lagerfeld Gallery2005 Lagerfeld stars in the series Sign Chanelwhich covered the creation of hisFall/Winter 20042005 Chanel couture collection2006Kylie Minogue wears Lagerfelds designs for her Showgirl tour2006 Lagerfeld Gallery changes its name to KARL LAGERFELD2006 Launch of the K Karl Lagerfeld line2007 LAGERFELD CONFIDETIEL is created which is a documentary about Karl2009 Karl Lagerfeld is made into pins, puppets, and pendants for wear2010 Coke designs a bottle for Coca-Cola Light which features Karl Lagerfeld

2010 Lagerfeld teams up with Orrefors to design a crystal art collection to be launchedin Spring 2011 called Orrefors by Karl Lagerfeld

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