Popular fashion brand, Chanel has named Virginie Viard successor of late Karl Lagerfeld, its creative director who died at 85 on Tuesday, in Paris. Lagerfeld, 85, joined Chanel in 1983 as artistic director, and Viard was named as his studio director four years later in 1987. The fashion house confirmed the news of Viard taking over in an Instagram post containing a tribute to Lagerfeld. “Virginie Viard, director of Chanel’s fashion creation studio and Karl Lagerfeld’s closest collaborator for more than 30 years, has been entrusted by Alain Wertheimer (Chanel CEO) with the creative work for the collections, so that the legacy of Gabrielle Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld can live on,” the later part of the post said. READ ALSO: Open defecation in Anambra community attracts N5,000 fineThe late fashion icon had described Viard as his right-hand man in an interview with Elle magazine in 2018.

Source: Punch February 19, 2019 15:56 UTC