In case you don’t follow such things, Lagerfeld was a relentless poseur, with powdered ponytail, fan, indoor sunglasses, etc. And for me the Carnival of Venice lasts all year long.” The man of a thousand masks and no face is familiar. “His greatest calling … was as the orchestrator of his own myth.” Thus “The truth could be a fungible concept to Mr. Lagerfeld, who was fond of taking creative licence with the past.” Including when he was born. In a 2008 documentary about, what else, him, he said: “I don’t want to be real in other people’s lives. In the end, there was no there there, just a desperate, futile attempt to fill the void with indulgence and wit.

Source: National Post February 26, 2019 18:33 UTC