Lagerfeld – Beautifaire

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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Carla Bruni, Roger Federer Help Unveil Karl Lagerfeld Exhibition

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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28 Apr

The Karl Lagerfeld Hotel in Macao Officially Opens in June

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The Karl Lagerfeld Hotel in Macao Officially Opens in June

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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26 Dec

EXCLUSIVE: Karl Lagerfeld Jeans Desires to Dress Gen Z

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EXCLUSIVE: Karl Lagerfeld Jeans Desires to Dress Gen Z

The Karl Lagerfeld company has birthed a very latest brand for spring 2023 with Gen Z in mind — and it has big ambitions for it. “We consider that down the road the Karl Lagerfeld Jeans line can generate the same size of business like our primary line and we'll resource accordingly, and can connect with our audience with this chance in mind,” said Pier Paolo Righi, chief executive officer of Karl Lagerfeld. Boasting loose matches, daring colours and a fluid approach to gender definition, the primary drop lands Thursday on Karl.com and Zalando. Other key digital launch partners include About You, Answear and Farfetch. Looks from the Karl Lagerfeld Jeans brand. Courtesy of Karl Lagerfeld The style house has long sold denim...

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