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Karl Lagerfeld Research Paper

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Alexandria Hinkel
Pierod 3
May 15, 2017

Karl Lagerfeld

Karl Lagerfeld was born in Hamburg, Germany. He was born on September 10, 1933, although it wa never actually confirmed that its ture to date. He actually removed the ‘T’ from his name to make it more professionally commercial, he also made a book. His father would bring condensed milk to Germany. His mother was a Violinist and at the dinner she would talk about religion. His sister lived in a wealthy home growing up, he has another sister from his father's first marriage. He was cut off to any information from the Nazis from when hitler rose from power, he has moved to northern Germany to get away from the crisis from his rising up. From an early age he always …show more content…

He started as junior assistant then later advanced to an apprentice. It was a demanding position for three years. In 1961 he started going and doing his own thing. He had a clothing line put out for Chole Fendi. His fur coat line was put out for her line. He was known for instyle, up-to-date clothing lines and fashionable. He would often go to thrift stores, take old wedding dresses and deconstruct them and do them for a better modern day look. He then became a designer with Jean Patou to work on the haute couture collections for a launch.

During the 1980s he became a huge popular fashion designer. He was very popular in the press and people loved his ever changing styles, as well as his social life. During his career he developed many types of track records. He made a ready-to-wear clothing line. In 1984 he built around the idea of intellectual sexiness. Over time his line became known has bold ready-to-wear fashion lines. In 2005 he came out with a new line called Tommy Hilfiger. He can speak several languages and owns a bookshop in paris. Karl has published many books about his art photography. In 1983 he became apart of Chanel, only after Coco Chanel died. After five years from hsi ready to wear collection was …show more content…

He used his own book as a guide to lose 90 pounds, his diet consisted of eating tuna and blackberry mousse. He thought that fashion was the healthiest motivation to losing weight. He later revealed that dieting isn't fun at all and he got bored with eating the same food everyday.

In 2005 lagerfeld sold his own brands, but Tommy Hilfiger stayed in full design. In march he spoke of his mother, thanking her that he had never smoked. She hated everything second rate. He never held a cigarette, his mother said “if you smoke, your hands are always on show and yours aren't particularly nice” he wanted to please her, thus never picking one up.

In May of 2011, he said that he wasn’t a big technology man. He refuses to use a cell phone, he enjoys reading and sketching. Karl doesn't like to be interrupted. He love faxes, write and taking notes.
Karls net worth yearly is 125 million, from his bag sells, clothing and

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