Karl Lagerfeld
10 September 1933 – 19 February 2019
Karl Lagerfeld (1933–2019) was a German fashion designer, creative director and photographer based in Paris. He was creative director of Chanel from 1983 until his death and of Fendi from 1965, and also ran his own label, becoming one of the most recognisable figures in late twentieth-century and early twenty-first-century fashion.
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Life events
Born Karl Otto Lagerfeld in Hamburg to a businessman father and a mother from Berlin; he later gave various birth years, but records show 1933.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgLeft Germany for Paris as a teenager to pursue a career in fashion.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShared the prize with Yves Saint Laurent, who won the dress category; the win led to a job at Pierre Balmain.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAfter an apprenticeship at Balmain, took charge of the couture house Jean Patou.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgStarted a collaboration with the Rome fur and leather house Fendi that lasted for the rest of his life.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAfter freelancing for the house from 1964, took over as its sole designer, a role he held until 1983 and again in the 1990s.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgTook over the Paris house, which had lost momentum after Coco Chanel's death, and reworked its signature codes; he remained until his death.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgFounded an eponymous ready-to-wear brand alongside his work for Chanel and Fendi.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgDied at the American Hospital of Paris at the age of 85.
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