How to pronounce KARL LAGERFELD in Chinese?

English name: Karl Lagerfeld Chinese: Karl Lagerfeld

Position: Designer

Currently working as a designer Brand: CHANEL, FENDI and designer with the same name Brand

Gender: Male

Date of birth: September 10, 1933

When it comes to Karl Lagerfeld, the first thing that comes to mind is always Chanel. The artistic director's signature expression, wearing sunglasses, holding a fan in his hand, and dragging his braids behind his head, is the eternal sunglasses. This man with white hair and long braids occupies the commanding heights of the fashion industry. People call him the "Caesar of fashion" or "Lafayette". He is always as energetic as "a well-fed ginseng". He is proficient in German, English, French and Italian, and has a lot of witty words. He is obsessed with tradition and looks forward to the future. He has been dubbed "the representative of the contemporary Renaissance" by the media.

Lagerfeld produces 8 series of clothing for Chanel every year, including ready-to-wear and high fashion, and 5 series for Fendi, while also designing for his own brand. His super ability makes him unique in the fashion industry. Apart from this, he is also a famous photographer. He not only took promotional photos and product catalogs for Chanel, but also held his own photography exhibitions. As a fluent reader in English, French, German and Italian, he didn't even want to miss the publishing industry. He opened a bookstore called 7L on Rue Lille in Paris, and published books covering various fields of interest to him, including fashion, photography, literature, advertising, music, newspapers, mythology, illustrations, humor and architecture. However, the best-selling one is "The Karl Lagerfeld Diet" published by Lagerfeld himself in 2002.

Born in Hamburg, Germany in September 1933, his family moved to Paris when he was 14 years old, where he completed his studies.

In 1954, he won the Outerwear category of the Wool Bureau's Fashion Design Award, while another designer, Yves Saint Laurent, won the Evening Wear category.

In 1955, he was selected as an assistant by Pierre Balmain, a judge of the Fashion Design Award, and studied under his brand.

In 1958, he became the designer of the fashion house Jean Patou. Five years later, he officially resigned and became a freelance designer.

In 1964, he became the designer of Chole brand and positioned the brand in the classical romantic and aesthetic style. In October 1972, Karl Lagerfeld's Chloe 1973 Spring/Summer collection was a huge success and made headlines in the newspapers at the time. In 1992, he returned to the position of designer of the brand.

He has been designing for the FENDI brand since 1965. At the same time, FENDI’s famous double F logo was also designed by Karl. Karl's dramatic design concept has brought FENDI brand clothing to the attention and praise of the global fashion industry, pushing FENDI to the forefront of high fashion.

In 1983, he became the designer of CHANEL brand. Although the outside world was generally not optimistic about the situation, he successfully resurrected the brand and made CHANEL one of the most profitable fashion brands in the world. Karl perfectly refined the elegant essence of Coco Chanel, improved the proportions, retained loyal customers, and injected sports and rock elements to attract a group of young people. He also carried forward the exquisite craftsmanship of haute couture and successfully led the post-war Chanel to a new era. A modern and elegant road. At the same time, it also includes button shop Desrues, feather ornaments shop Lemarié, embroidery shop Lesage, shoe shop Massaro, hat making shop Michel, gold and silver jewelery shop Goossens and flower ornaments shop Guillet.

In 1984, Karl Lagerfeld launched his eponymous brand. In his own brand, Karl’s design personality is vividly reflected: fit, narrow body, narrow sleeves, outward tailoring lines, classical style and street style. The combination of taste and interest has resulted in many innovations.

In 1987, he started his photography career for the purpose of brand promotion. After that, he shot most of the advertisements for CHANEL, FENDI and the brand of the same name. There have also been many photography collaborations with fashion magazines.

In November 2004, Karl cooperated with the famous Swedish fast fashion brand H&M to launch the "Karl Lagerfeld × H&M" limited edition fashion, which was sold out after 2 days.

On December 8, 2006, Karl announced the launch of the sub-line brand "K Karl Lagerfeld" of the brand of the same name. K Karl Lagerfeld is positioned as a young casual fashion, with both men's and women's clothing, and a large number of T-shirts and jeans.

In October 2007, FENDI held a press conference at the Great Wall of China. Became the first designer to hold a press conference on the Great Wall.

From June 10th to September 7th, 2008, the Palace of Versailles launched Karl Lagerfeld's "Versailles Palace in Light and Shadow under the Sun" photography exhibition, with a completely original angle, capturing the unique and wonderful cultural and historical heritage of the Palace of Versailles through light and shadow effects

In 2008, at the invitation of the French Minister of Road Safety, he wore a yellow fluorescent shirt over a black suit. His favorite fingerless black gloves and iconic black sunglasses, the slogan of this campaign is: "It's yellow, it's ugly, it doesn't match anything, but it can protect your life." He It also appeared on the cover of the 2009 edition of the French dictionary "Le Petit Larousse".

German Teddy Bear has launched a limited edition Teddy bear that looks like Karl Lagerfeld. Wearing pure black sunglasses, a dark black suit with a white striped shirt, a black thin tie and a belt with "KL" bright diamond logo.

A limited series of coins issued to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the birth of Ms. Coco Chanel. One side of the coin has Ms. Chanel's face and the number 5 is printed on the other side, indicating that its face value is 5 euros (or 6.3 US dollars). ).

He also participated in the design of the artificial island mansion "Isla Moda"

The documentary "Fashion King" came out in the same year, revealing all the details of his life, work, design of clothing and jewelry, etc. In the film, Karl Lagerfeld himself also discusses his views on love, memories of childhood, etc. He plays his true character, allowing everyone to fully understand the real Karl Lagerfeld