A weight-loss book he published in 2005 — The Karl Lagerfeld Diet — consolidated his status as a pop culture icon. After a series of jobs with labels including Rome-based Fendi, Lagerfeld took over the reins at Chloe, known for its romantic Parisian style. Lagerfeld also started his own label, Karl Lagerfeld, which though less commercially successful than his other ventures, was widely seen as a sort of sketchpad where the designer worked through his audacious ideas. Yes, I’m solitaire in the sense of a stone from Cartier, a big solitaire,” Lagerfeld told The New York Times. “It’s not that I lie, it’s that I don’t owe the truth to anyone,” he told French Vogue in an interview.

Source: National Post February 19, 2019 12:32 UTC