THE KARL ECONOMY: Who wouldn’t need a Karl Lagerfeld cardholder?

As The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute prepares to unveil its spring 2023 exhibition, “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty,” The Met Store is stocking up with a sundry of things inspired by the late designer. Internet buyers and in-store ones will find the white ponytailed designer’s likeness stamped on all varieties of merchandise. They also can pick from some co-branded memorabilia that has been created with Chanel, Fendi and the Karl Lagerfled brand.

As of Monday – days before the show’s May 5 official public opening – shoppers can get first dibs on keepsakes like a $186 Karl Lagerfeld Kokeshi doll and a Chanel silk scarf with one among the designer’s sketches of the home’s namesake Coco Chanel. Designer brand-conscious consumers can go for the $950 Fendi Karlito keychain, a $1,250 Chanel Airpod case or $1,400 Chanel fingerless gloves. The latter was a signature search for the designer, who died in 2019 on the age of 85. There are also Chanel Camillia brooches that can retail from $850 to $1,075. Cheaper items might be present in the $99 KL x The Met canvas shopper tote, the $85 KL x The Met cardholder and the $85 KL x Met two-mug set. The $299 KL x Met Store leather doll is little question sure to be a crowd-pleaser, as might be the similarly collaborative $119 black T-shirt.

One of the vital sought-after items may very well be the Karl Lagerfeld Bearbrick, which is being sold Stateside for the primary time. There might be a limited run of two,000 of the $7,500 Lagerfeld-esque item. When the design debuted in Paris last 12 months, 1,000 were sold inside a matter of days. Monday’s release might be the finale for the remaining editions.

To get a jump on the Kokeshi doll launch, the consul general of Denmark in Latest York Berit Basse and Lucie Kaas hosted a celebration Friday night in Latest York.

The Met is playing up the Karl factor to the nines – a proven fact that the creative would appreciate. A lot in order that The Met Store pays homage to Karl Lagerfeld’s iconic office in Paris, where the designer crafted lots of the sketches that might be showcased within the exhibition. Shoppers and browsers will discover a smattering of books which have been chosen in collaboration with Librairie 7L, the bookstore and imprint Lagerfeld began in Paris in 1999. The assortment reflects his thirst for poetry, philosophy, art, and design. Librairie 7L has also dreamed up a Smythson notebook highlighting one among Lagerfeld’s key quotes – “Books needs to be an on a regular basis affair” – and a 7L notepad together with his preferred drawing paper. Consumers also can buy “Fendi by Lagerfeld,”  a scrap book-type book with 200 of his sketches drawn from his tenure with the corporate. The tome is being sold in a commemorative wood box; the book also features a poster comprising of fifty,000 miniscule images of his sketches, a DVD, and illustrated booklets.

Showgoers also can buy postcards and prints of a number of the sketches which can be being featured in “A Line of Beauty.” Those that can’t get enough of the show can take home the exhibition catalogue written by Andrew Bolton, Wendy Yu Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, with contributions from Tadao Ando, Anita Briey, Amanda Harlech, Patrick Hourcade and others.