Karl Lagerfeld: la moda piange la scomparsa del Kaiser

Addio Karl Lagerfeld. Il Kaiser ci ha lasciato oggi, 19 febbraio 2019, in coincidenza con l’inizio della Milano Fashion Week. Il mondo della moda e non solo lo ricordano con attestati di stima e saluti su siti, social network e giornali.

Addio Karl Lagerfeld

Nato ad Amburgo il 10 settembre 1933 aveva 85 anni. Ha reso il suo nome sinonimo di indipendenza creativa e durante la sua vita ha collaborato con varie etichette di moda. È stato direttore creativo di Fendi insieme a Silvia Venturini Fendi e di Chanel. Ha anche firmato una sua linea, considerata tra le più rivoluzionarie di sempre.

La noia è un crimine

Lo vogliamo ricordare con 6 frasi celebri che ne raccontano il personaggio unico.

“Io sono una specie di ninfomane della moda che non raggiunge mai l’orgasmo”.
“Il lusso è avere addosso pezzi unici e non facilmente identificabili”.
“Detesto la vita di tipo coniugale e ho un solo grande amore, la mia gattina Choupette: è una presenza meravigliosa, morbida, sfuggente, soprattutto silenziosa”.
“Ritengo superfluo perdonare, preferisco dimenticare”.
“Il mio più grande lusso è non dovermi giustificare con nessuno”.
“Amo sempre essere creativo, se non lo fossi mi annoierei e la noia è un crimine”.

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It is with deep sadness that the House of CHANEL announces the passing of Karl Lagerfeld, the Creative Director for the CHANEL Fashion House since 1983. An extraordinary creative individual, Karl Lagerfeld reinvented the brand’s codes created by Gabrielle Chanel: the CHANEL jacket and suit, the little black dress, the precious tweeds, the two-tone shoes, the quilted handbags, the pearls and costume jewelry. Regarding Gabrielle Chanel, he said, “My job is not to do what she did, but what she would have done. The good thing about Chanel is it is an idea you can adapt to many things.” A prolific creative mind with endless imagination, Karl Lagerfeld explored many artistic horizons, including photography and short films. The House of CHANEL benefited from his talent for all the branding campaigns related to Fashion since 1987. Finally, one cannot refer to Karl Lagerfeld without mentioning his innate sense of repartee and self-mockery. Alain Wertheimer, CEO of CHANEL, said: “Thanks to his creative genius, generosity and exceptional intuition, Karl Lagerfeld was ahead of his time, which widely contributed to the House of CHANEL’s success throughout the world. Today, not only have I lost a friend, but we have all lost an extraordinary creative mind to whom I gave carte blanche in the early 1980s to reinvent the brand.” Bruno Pavlovsky, President of Fashion at CHANEL, said: “Fashion show after fashion show, collection after collection, Karl Lagerfeld left his mark on the legend of Gabrielle Chanel and the history of the House of CHANEL. He steadfastly promoted the talent and expertise of CHANEL’s ateliers and Métiers d’Art, allowing this exceptional know-how to shine throughout the world. The greatest tribute we can pay today is to continue to follow the path he traced by – to quote Karl – ‘continuing to embrace the present and invent the future’.” Virginie Viard, Director of CHANEL’s Fashion Creation Studio and Karl Lagerfeld’s closest collaborator for more than 30 years, has been entrusted by Alain Wertheimer with the creative work for the collections, so that the legacy of Gabrielle Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld can live on.

Un post condiviso da CHANEL (@chanelofficial) in data: Feb 19, 2019 at 5:59 PST