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Karl Lagerfeld

1935 - 2019

He was one of the industry’s truly iconic designers, at the helm of Chanel and Fendi that he helped revitalise, as well as his eponymous brand.

Karl Lagerfeld
Luxury

Fashion Week Can’t Be Just Another Online Video Festival

One thing’s for sure, appointments and digital videos do not a fashion week make. But for now, let’s make the most of it and reconnect as a community, writes Imran Amed.

Luxury

Fashion Week Can’t Be Just Another Online Video Festival

One thing’s for sure, appointments and digital videos do not a fashion week make. But for now, let’s make the most of it and reconnect as a community, writes Imran Amed.


Luxury

LVMH Is Trusting Kim Jones to Define Fendi's Post-Karl Look

The British designer is following in the footsteps of fashion multi-tasker Karl Lagerfeld, becoming artistic director for womenswear at Rome-based Fendi while keeping his job as designer of Dior Homme.

Luxury

LVMH Is Trusting Kim Jones to Define Fendi's Post-Karl Look

The British designer is following in the footsteps of fashion multi-tasker Karl Lagerfeld, becoming artistic director for womenswear at Rome-based Fendi while keeping his job as designer of Dior Homme.


China

Which Brands Will Suffer Most in the 'New Cold War' Between China and the US?

Fashion brands caught in the crossfire are doing what they can to avoid the worst possible outcomes from the escalating US-China conflict but it will be virtually impossible to emerge unscathed.

China

Which Brands Will Suffer Most in the 'New Cold War' Between China and the US?

Fashion brands caught in the crossfire are doing what they can to avoid the worst possible outcomes from the escalating US-China conflict but it will be virtually impossible to emerge unscathed.


Fashion Week

Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Chanel Haute Couture, January 22, 2013

BoF's editor-at-large travels back to Karl Lagerfeld’s Shakespearean Fairyland, when he transformed the Grand Palais into a forest right out of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.'

Fashion Week

Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Chanel Haute Couture, January 22, 2013

BoF's editor-at-large travels back to Karl Lagerfeld’s Shakespearean Fairyland, when he transformed the Grand Palais into a forest right out of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.'


Workplace & Talent

Fashion Companies in New York Plot a Return to the Office. Employees Aren't Happy About It.

Zoom can't accommodate fittings and fabric evaluations, but navigating the return to office life is proving difficult.

Workplace & Talent

Fashion Companies in New York Plot a Return to the Office. Employees Aren't Happy About It.

Zoom can't accommodate fittings and fabric evaluations, but navigating the return to office life is proving difficult.


Media

The Truth About the Fashion World, Exposed

Colin McDowell journeys through the most famous ‘tell-all’ exposés of the intrigue, back biting and madness behind the glamorous veneer of the fashion world.

Media

The Truth About the Fashion World, Exposed

Colin McDowell journeys through the most famous ‘tell-all’ exposés of the intrigue, back biting and madness behind the glamorous veneer of the fashion world.


Luxury

Is Dior Catching Up With Chanel?

Today, as Dior stages a destination runway show in Italy, a new report shows the LVMH-owned brand's finances inching closer to those of its oldest rival, fashion-and-beauty juggernaut Chanel.

Luxury

Is Dior Catching Up With Chanel?

Today, as Dior stages a destination runway show in Italy, a new report shows the LVMH-owned brand's finances inching closer to those of its oldest rival, fashion-and-beauty juggernaut Chanel.


Fashion Week

Did Digital Couture Week Work?

This season's Haute Couture Week was basically video week. Modern? Sort of. There was a lot of MTV to the proceedings, if without the creative energy and anarchy, writes Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

Did Digital Couture Week Work?

This season's Haute Couture Week was basically video week. Modern? Sort of. There was a lot of MTV to the proceedings, if without the creative energy and anarchy, writes Angelo Flaccavento.


Fashion Week

Chanel Couture: More Lagerfeld Than Coco

Virginie Viard took an ambitious punt with her latest haute couture collection, targeting women she imagined were dying to unleash their locked-down party person in a blaze of glitter, writes Tim Blanks.

Fashion Week

Chanel Couture: More Lagerfeld Than Coco

Virginie Viard took an ambitious punt with her latest haute couture collection, targeting women she imagined were dying to unleash their locked-down party person in a blaze of glitter, writes Tim Blanks.


Media

Suzy Menkes Exits Vogue International

The veteran journalist, best known for her work at the International Herald Tribune, joined Condé Nast International six years ago to lead runway show coverage and develop its live events business.

Media

Suzy Menkes Exits Vogue International

The veteran journalist, best known for her work at the International Herald Tribune, joined Condé Nast International six years ago to lead runway show coverage and develop its live events business.


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