Tireless Karl Lagerfeld

Pleasant acquaintance
How the designer Karl Lagerfeld looks, even the people far from the world of fashion – painfully appearance at it picturesque and memorable know: high growth, a stately figure, massive features, a strong-willed chin, a gray hair are collected in a tail, big dark glasses.

Karl Lagerfeld pays to the appearance special attention. In 2000 the designer, wishing to return the former weight and again to wear so the tight suits loved by it, lost weight by 43 kilograms in 13 months under the leadership of the personal nutritionist. The book "The Best of Diets" in which Karl Lagerfeld shared secrets of the transformation with readers became the present best-seller.

The sense of humour is not alien to Karl Lagerfeld, with self-irony peculiar to it it got involved in the joint project with the Coca-Cola company. On an aluminum bottle of Coca-Cola Light Karl placed own, so easily recognizable silhouette and an easy stroke of a feather left the graceful autograph.

Drink from Lagerfeld was on sale in the Parisian conceptual boutique Colette. One bottle cost 3.5 euros, the version in a design box with the opener – 60 euros. Drink went on sale by limited circulation and was in demand for fans of the famous designer.

Beginning of a way
Karl Lagerfeld was born in Hamburg, there passed his childhood and youth. In 1954 the young man moved to Paris and came to study to school at Syndicate of haute couture. In Paris he was lucky to communicate with the best designers of that time, true experts on the business.

Here it is necessary to make small retreat and to note that the success story of Karl Lagerfeld is not a magic fairy tale in which the poor swineherd turns into the prince charming. Karl's parents were quite wealthy people, they gave to the son a start in life. Alone without solid financial support it would be extremely difficult to survive in Paris of that time.

The meteoric career of the designer and the global recognition is already Karl Lagerfeld's merit. He managed to achieve much thanks to the bright talent and exclusive working capacity.

Career milestones
In work Karl Lagerfeld is tireless. As the designer he cooperated with many fashion houses. In its track record appear: Jean Patou, Valentino, Krizia, Chloe, Fendi, Chanel. For each of the listed brands the designer manages to create unique collections of clothes. The stream of the creative ideas is inexhaustible, the inspiration never leaves it.

Since 1982 Karl Lagerfeld cooperates with Chanel. Legendary Coco Chanel died in 1971, for long 11 years owners of a brand could not pick up the worthy candidate for a position of the creative director. However the fate appeared on their party: Karl Lagerfeld – absolute hit in the purpose. In the models of clothes created for Chanel, the designer managed to keep womanly style of Coco Chanel. Modern and relevant interpretation of classics pleased both owners of a brand, and wealthy clients.



Working for large brands, Karl Lagerfeld pays attention to development of own fashion line of Karl Lagerfeld which he created in 1984.

All this about it
Colleagues and friends unanimously note amazing efficiency of Karl Lagerfeld. As the true Aryan he is punctual, built, consecutive. His commitment and persistence can only envy, in design work Karl Lagerfeld is really tireless.

Karl Lagerfeld's hobbies are numerous: photo, edition of books, own art gallery, teaching activity, creation of aromas. The suits created by the designer Lagerfeld can be seen on a theatrical stage and in movies. Than Karl Lagerfeld was engaged, all his hobbies are anyway connected with the world of fashion and art.

The native language of Karl Lagerfeld – German. Having moved to live and work to France, he in perfection mastered French, and still he speaks English and in Italian. Thanks to great knowledge of foreign languages the designer feels comfortable in the multinational world of fashion.

Designer and muse
The reputation of the opener of top models strongly was assigned to Karl Lagerfeld. Shifferya's Klaudia – one of its "opening". In 1990 Karl Lagerfeld invited Klaudiu Shifferya to present to Chanel. Thanks to several favorable advertizing contracts, including with Chanel, Klaudi Shifferya managed to be fixed strongly in the status of one of the highest paid models in the world.



Not the last role in development of a creative tandem of the designer and model was played that they are compatriots. Having honestly fulfilled the contract, Klaudia Schiffer left Chanel. Now Karl Lagerfeld is inspired on creativity absolutely by other muses. However communication between the designer and his protege did not stop, from time to time they take part in joint fashion-projects.

Interesting and striking example of coauthorship – a cover of the June magazine Vogue. The cover was decorated by completely naked Klaudi Shifferya's photo. On a cover the supermodel gently clasped with one hand a bottom much of the rounded tummy, and another bashfully covered a naked breast. Klaudia Shifferya would not begin to do so intimate photo with the first comer the photographer, not everyone can even trust in the superprofessional on the seventh month of pregnancy. It is not difficult to guess that Karl Lagerfeld was responsible for photographing.



Thirst of creativity
To Karl Lagerfeld the openness is peculiar to the world and thirst of creativity. It is overflowed literally by the original ideas which it with success realizes. Here only some new projects on which the designer works now.

• Karl Lagerfeld with enthusiasm works on design … islands. The new project he called Isla Moda ("Island of Fashion"). The artificial island designed by Lagerfeld will be is in Dubai. In 20 kilometers from the coast the resort complex will grow: 3 hotels, 150 country houses and set of boutiques. The work on the project is planned to be completed by 2014.

• Karl Lagerfeld creates clothes not only for rich and well-known, the designer is going to storm the market of mass clothes. The autumn and winter collection under the name Lagerfeld is on sale including through popular French post catalog 3 Suisses. The prices of the Lagerfeld for 3 Suisses collection cannot but please the European women of fashion – they start with a mark of 15 euros and do not exceed 200 euros.

• The true woman of fashion will never refuse a dress from Karl Lagerfeld. Publishers of the Burda Moden magazine relied on it: on pages of the magazine Karl Lagerfeld represents exclusive ensembles for sewing. For example, in the October issue the designer suggests ladies to sew the hands a jacket and a miniskirt.

"My curiosity is unsatiable, I as if absorb a spirit of the age. For me every day on the account, every day it is necessary to open something new", - Karl Lagerfeld says about himself. The indefatigability of the designer admires. Honestly, absolutely not very well, in what year he was born, in 1933 or 1938.