Karl Lagerfeld‘s affordable capsule collection KARL is set to launch globally January 25 with a string of events in Paris, New York, London, Berlin and Sydney.

As part of a collaboration with global online retailer net-a-porter.com, pop-up shops will be unveiled in the five cities, and consumers can shop the line by using the Net-a-Porter KARL app and scanning products via the iPhone or iPad2.

There will also be a special appearance by the designer himself January 25 at Place Saint-Germain-des-Prés in the French capital.

Chanel’s Spring 2012 ad campaign has been released and it features Joan Smalls and Saskia de Brauw photographed by Karl Lagerfeld.

The duo posed in black and white for the new season. The campaign was shot at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France.

The annual Chanel Metier D’Arts premiere took place in the Galerie Courbe at Paris’s Grand Palais Tuesday December 6 with an India-themed luxury show.

Models, adorned with accessories including head-jewellery and turbans – also for men – walked the epic runway sporting the 2012 pre-fall collection.

Guests sat at banquet tables, which doubled as a runway, complete with chandeliers, opulent candlesticks – and a feast fit for a Maharaja.

Chanel creative director Karl Lagerfeld will be global guest editor for Metro International newspapers this February.

He will spend one day working in the paper’s Paris newsroom for the Feb. 7 issue, with coverage to run in 22 countries across Europe, America and Asia.

Entitled “The World According to Karl,” the edition will feature illustrations and commentaries from the creator and will launch the paper’s coverage of the New York, London, Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks.

Natasha Poly was photographed by Karl Lagerfeld for the Resort 2012 advertising campaign images of Fendi in front of yellow backdrop.

To help mark the 350th anniversary of the Château Rauzan-Ségla vineyard, Karl Lagerfeld has designed the label for the 2009 vintage.

The 2009 vintage wine will feature a special colorful label highlighting the castle found in the Margaux appellation of Bordeaux, France.