Christofle x Karl Lagerfeld Rare Flatware Set Being Auctioned

15 May

Need a piece of Karl Lagerfeld for the dinner table? How about 24 pieces? Lagerfeld was a longtime collector of Christofle, the silver specialists, as evidenced by quite a few pieces featured in his estate sales at Sotheby’s in 2021. In 2018, shortly before his death, the designer had collaborated with Christofle on the brand’s signature Mood silverware set, imbuing the distinctive egg-shaped case and flatware with a graphic, Art Deco-inspired pattern rendered in mirror-polished silver and glossy black lacquer. Just one,500 pieces were created — 1,000 with a stainless-steel case and just 500 in black lacquer — and all sold out upon their release. Timed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s retrospective of Lagerfeld’s life and work, Christofle has pulled out...

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1 May

Carla Bruni, Roger Federer Help Unveil Karl Lagerfeld Exhibition

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ALL ABOUT KARL: France’s former first lady Carla Bruni and Roger Federer turned up Monday on the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s unveiling of the Costume Institute’s “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty.” The museum’s director Max Hollein, the Wendy Yu chief curator in charge Andrew Bolton and Condé Nast’s global content officer Anna Wintour headlined the morning press preview. After their remarks, lots of the few hundred members of the media flooded into the exhibition, which highlights the confluence of the late designer’s designs for Chloé, Fendi, Chanel and the Karl Lagerfeld label. The designer died in 2019 on the age of 85. Tory Burch, Thom Browne and Philip Treacy were among the many designers in the gang. Although Bruni was not doing...

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1 May

Karl for Sale at The Met, Tod’s L.A. Celebration,

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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 list of things inspired by the late designer. Web shoppers and in-store ones will find the white ponytailed designer’s likeness stamped on all types of merchandise. They also can pick from some co-branded memorabilia that has been created with Chanel, Fendi and the Karl Lagerfeld 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 in...

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28 Apr

The Karl Lagerfeld Hotel in Macao Officially Opens in June

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The late Karl Lagerfeld’s most ambitious hospitality project, a lavish 271-room luxury hotel in Macao, will open officially in June with a multiday celebration. The project was initially unveiled in 2014, but its opening was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. It comes onstream as affluent Chinese resume traveling following the lifting of the country’s zero-COVID-19 policy — and amid heightened interest in all things Lagerfeld, fanned by the upcoming opening of the Costume Institute’s spring fashion exhibition dedicated to him on the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Latest York. The Karl Lagerfeld is a component of the Grand Lisboa Palace luxury development spearheaded by Sociedade de Jogos de Macau, or SJM, the gaming concessionaire that also created Palazzo Versace Macau for its resort...

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