Karl Lagerfeld opened his pre-fall 2009 Chanel show last week with a ten-minute silent short film about Coco Chanel — his directorial debut!
Last year, Karl Lagerfeld brought Paris to London, and this year he brings Moscow to Paris, highlighted by his silent film presentation. He shied away from the subtle, with elements of Russian folklore tying the collection together, including elaborate headdresses, thick fluffy knits and sparkly gold boots.
To celebrate Coco Chanel’s 125th birthday, Karl Lagerfeld has designed a €5 coin. Lagerfeld has really captured the history of Coco Chanel incorporating many aspects of the name with the coin a great match for Chanel No. 5 fragrance.
The front of the coin displays Coco Chanel’s face and Karl Lagerfeld’s signature. On the back is the brand’s iconic print and the €5 symbol.
The coin has been approved by the French Mint, and it’s been produced in gold and silver. The gold version costs €5,900, and there are only 99 of them in existence. The silver version is cheaper - at just €45 - and there are 11,900 of them. You can look out for the release on December 1st.
The latest designer invited to design the cover of the holiday edition of France’s “Le Petit Larousse Illustré” (“Larousse Small Illustrated Dictionary”) is none other than Karl Lagerfeld.
The French reference book consists of a dictionary featuring common words and encyclopedia featuring proper nouns.
The limited edition book is covered in matte black featuring a corner illustration by Lagerfeld of the famous Larousse “Semeuse,” or “Seed-Scatterer,” blowing a puff of dandelion seeds in her birthday suit and a pair of blue, elbow-length gloves.”
On the black case itself there’s a sketch of Karl Lagerfeld himself with the words “Habillé par Karl Lagerfeld” (“Dressed by Karl Lagerfeld”) in silver. Price : 49 euros ($ 61.00)
Karl Lagerfeld is famous for his hundreds of iPods and he’s even designed a Fendi trunk specifically for the storage of multiple iPods. For his personal storage needs, however, he commisioned a bespoke trunk from Louis Vuitton .
Made of black Taiga leather with brass fittings and a red microfiber interior, it contains an interior case which holds 20 iPods and a power charger. There are compartments for JBL iPod speakers and subwoofer, and Lagerfeld’s initials are stamped in red near the handle.
Vuitton can actually create a trunk for anything that you wish to carry around : The process of creating a bespoke case like this can take four to eight months and costs tens of thousands of dollars. If they don’t like your request, they will modify the idea and make a suggestion - their polite version of refusal. Now why would anyone want space to carry around 20 iPods is anyone’s guess : )
The German design genius Karl Lagerfeld has created what will be one of the most sought after bags next season, and he didn’t even have to try that hard !
At the Paris Fashion Week, Lagerfeld presented an interactive bag with his face printed on the front. Models held the bag over their faces as they strutted down the catwalk.
In cooperation with Coty, Karl Lagerfeld will release, this November, a trio of unisex fragrances named Kapsule after their capsule like packaging.
“I love the world of perfumes,” Lagerfeld said. “For me, the world of fashion doesn’t exist without it.”… The designer’s favorite smells are: fresh bread, vanilla, woods and spices. “I don’t like heavy, flowery things. I think there are never enough fragrances, they are so much fun to play with.”
Karl said the scents are genderless because “there is no gender in perfumes anymore.” Their bottles were created in geometric shape of square, in three colours of glass, as the creator’s great love: light blue (Kapsule Light), red (Kapsule Fioriental) and dark blue (Kapsule Woody). The bottles were designed by Luz Herrmann, with engraved Lagerfeld’s signature on the bottom of each bottle.
“The difficult challenge we had was to create something neither too feminine nor too masculine”
The three fragrances are named Kapsule Light, Kapsule Woody and Kapsule Floriental and Karl Lagerfeld personally worked on each one with a different parfumeur :
Kapsule Light was developed by perfumer Mark Buxton, and has notes of bitter orange, jasmine, nutmeg, clove and musk.
Kapsule Floriental was developed by perfumer Emilie Coppermann; the notes are ivy leaf, violet and black tea.
Kapsule Woody was developed by perfumer Olivier Cresp and features cedar, moss and plum.
Karl Lagerfeld Kapsule come in 30ml edt (1.0oz) and 75ml edt (2.5oz) Eau de Toilette - The fragrances will debut in October in France at Colette and Marionnaud and will be exclusive to Neiman Marcus in the US through early 2009
