Ahead of tonight's MetGala, StuartEmmrich looks back at the legacy of the masterful—and occasionally controversial—Karl Lagerfeld.
is devoted to the work of a single designer for only the 10th time in the 52-year history of the event may be a little surprising to most fashion observers. It most likely would not have been to the person receiving that honor: Karl Lagerfeld, the longtime Chanel designer, all around omni-hyphenate, and master of self-regard, who died in 2019 at 85.
Lagerfeld was not only a masterful couturier, whose bespoke Chanel gowns could easily cost $100,000 or more, but a shape-shifting cultural figure who always seemed able to capture—and market—the zeitgeist as easily as one of his signature bouclé suits wrapped the bodies of his runway models. “More than anyone I know he represents the soul of fashion: relentless, forward-thinking, and voraciously attentive to our changing culture,” notedwhen she presented him the Outstanding Achievement Award at the British Fashion Awards in 2015.
And Karl Lagerfeld was nothing if not prolific. At the time of his death, Largerfeld was not only the creative director of both Chanel and Fendi, but also still designing for the Karl Lagerfeld brand he founded in 1984, a year after he started at Chanel. In his final years, when his generational peers had either slowed down or handed off their business to protégés, he was creating roughly 14 new collections a year.But his work was not confined to the runway.
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