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Karl Lagerfeld (Chanel)
Karl Lagerfeld (Chanel)
e contemporary look of Karl Lagerfeld is situated in a classic and cosmopolitan setting.
Likely it was this contact with the cultural diversity of Europe that resulted in an identity
free of boundaries, one markedly modern and multidisciplinary that leaves its stamp on
each one of his creations.
His career began with a sketch of a coat he sent, at the age of seventeen, to a contest held by
the Secrétariat International de la Laine, which he won. Balmain then assumed the respon-
sibility of bringing the sketch to fruition and hired Karl to work in their workshop. After
that, when he ...