“Fashion is an attitude more than a clothing detail.” – Karl Lagerfeld

Karl Lagerfeld:

One of the most upsetting recent events in the fashion industry is the death if Karl Lagerfeld. Know, most people do not understand the significance of loosing someone like Karl because they do not know the influence he had and continues to have in the world of fashion.

Karl Lagerfeld can only be described as a force of nature. He had is own original perspective on fashion and pop culture that will be severely missed. Not only was he the creative director of his own signature brand labeled KARL LAGERFELD (which he sold in 2005 to the Tommy Hilfiger Group), but he was oversaw the creative direction of the Chanel and Fendi fashion houses. Karl was the genius behind Chanel’s ready-to-wear and couture design collections (boucle tweed, pearls, dual-tones footwear, and interlocking C’s), as well as Fendi’s ready-to-wear collections.

 

Major Contributions:

Though Karl Lagerfeld was born the son of a wealthy Hamburg, Germany businessman, he worked hard for the fashion industry and challenged the industry in a way that was uniquely his own and cannot be copied. Not only was he a genius at designing and staging fashion, but he also was great at illustration, photography, styling, and publishing. Basically a genius in any art field he stepped into.

Here are a few of his contributions:

1957- Became the Art Director for Jean Patou

1962- First Freelancer in the Modern Fashion Industry

1964- Chloe Perfume

1965- Director of Fendi’s Fashion House

1983- Director of Chanel’s Fashion House

1984- Karl Lagerfeld Fashion House Created

2004- 1st Designer to be asked by a fashion giant (H&M) to collaborate on

a collection

2005- Sold KARL LAGERFELD brand to Tommy Hilfiger group

2018- Collaboration with model Kaia Gerber to introduce KARL

LAGERFELD X KAIA Collection

2019- Died on February 19th, 2019

 

KARL LAGERFELD Brand:

Everyone gets the Karl Lagerfeld was creative and out-of-the-box when it came to the fashions produced by the two company houses that he oversaw, therefor it is no surprise that his own fashions were just a unique as the designer himself. Karl’s fashion brand combined Parisian-inspired styles with rock-chic ease. Which created and edgy yet classy look. Through his brand, the fashion industry could see that not only was Karl a fashion icon, but a inspiration to all who wanted to create/or were creating fashion apparel or/and advertisements. His brand has over 100 monobrand points of sales around the world (including Paris, New York, Moscow, London, Dubai, and Shanghai), with distribution through the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. In 2005, he sold his brand to the Tommy Hilfiger Group but continued to create more collections for it. Karl Lagerfeld was basically the ultimate artist and a fashion super genius.

 

Photos:

The Chole Perfume the was created by Karl Lagerfeld that became popular even though he did not have his own brand yet. Karl also created the ad himself. 

An original KARL LAGERFELD Collection design.

A Karl Lagerfeld Chanel House design that incorporates the interlocking C’s and the boucle tweed iconic look.

A few photos of Karl Lagerfeld with his own KARL LAGERFELD collection (left), Chanel Collection (middle), and Fandi Collection (right).