The power of her fashion revolution had lain not only in her elegant, freeing designs, but in coco — the person.

Coco chanel karl lagerfeld. In honor of the late fashion designer's legendary career, a look back at some of his best moments for chanel. It’s no secret that karl lagerfeld is a man who has mastered the art of acerbic criticisms (like when he once called adele “ a little too fat “), but at a new exhibition in london, for once the chanel titan is on the receiving end. After coco chanel died in 1971, the brand underwent several changes in leadership, including fashion designer karl lagerfeld, who took over as artistic director in 1983.

The death of its founder had left a vast. Karl lagerfeld famously said many things, and one of them was that he did not like funerals. Karl lagerfeld at the dior menswear fall/winter 2016/2017 paris fashion show.

After becoming the creative director of chanel in 1983, karl lagerfeld quickly set about revolutionizing the fashion scene of the 1980s. She should be very satisfied with the way karl has reinterpreted the things. When karl lagerfeld took the reins of maison chanel in 1983, coco chanel had been gone for twelve years, and the brand was struggling.

The designer reopens her haute couture house after fifteen years of absence. Karl otto lagerfeld (german pronunciation: In december 1953, coco chanel began her incredible return to center stage.

Karl lagerfeld is almost as synonymous with chanel as coco chanel herself at this point, but there was a time when the now legendary designer was nervously working on his first chanel collection. To understand what karl lagerfeld has meant to fashion, you have to understand his relationship to coco chanel. Karl lagerfeld shares illustrations of designer coco chanel.

Karl lagerfeld’s final collection for chanel. (photo by vittorio zunino celotto/getty images). Appointed to creative director in.