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Early years.
as you all can see because of his name, Karl Lagerfeld is German. He himself said that he was
born in 1938, but according to his birth records, he was born in 1933 in Hamburg, Germany.
He was known for the fact that no one knew what his real birth year was, he himself said
that he was neither born in 1933 nor in 1938. He has a sister and half-sister who are both
older than him. Also where his ancestors came from, he lied. His statement that his father
came from Sweden wasn’t true. A journalist discovered that he was a german. Karl
Lagerfeld's real name was Karl Lagerfeldt, with a t behind it, but he changed it so it was more
commercial.

In 1951 he moved to France, Paris where he was working in department stores. During this
period drawing was more important than photos and he was busy with drawing the clothes.
Karl Lagerfeld was therefore good in remembering all the styles and could draw them for
you. In 1955 he even won second place in a design contest (Yves Saint Laurent became first)
and he was working for Pierre Balmain. Pierre Balmain his style was very clean and classic
and Karl took that characteristic from him. Karl Lagerfeld was not easily impressed by
designers because they were often overestimated by the people. In 1958, three years after
he had worked for Pierre Balmain, he relocated to Jean Patou, which is also a fashion store
where he had made two haute couture collections. Haute couture is not just fashion, it is
also seen as the pinnacle of fashion. It is made by creators who work for a select market,
because there are few or even no copies of the clothes they are so much more precious. All
couture pieces are also handmade, with the finest materials and techniques. Pret-a-porter is
fashion that is worn daily, the extravagant designer clothes is thus made portable. This is
clothing that you also find in Hennes and Maurits.
You cannot just say that you make haute couture. It has a lot of rules and the idea started in
France and by the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture is to determine whether your work is
haute couture. To make the list of designers that are making haute couture you must meet
the following requirements

• Clothes should be made in their own ateliers

• The ateliers should have at least 12 people working there
• Twice a year, your collection will be presented on the catwalk, with at least 50
. different new garments per model
• The clothing must be shown by at least three mannequins
• There should be a special room where clothes can be shown to customers.

As I said was that collections for the fashion house Jean Patou. His first collections were not
well received. But in his spring 1959 collection he had improved his style, and he even got
good comments from journalists. His style was Chic, Elegant and simple radiated class. Many
of his collections that were challenging at time were often not accepted, but eventually he
succeeded to convince to most pessimistic people.
He began working for himself and for people interested in him. He worked for Mario
Valentino. What is funny thing to tell is that he often went to Madame Zereakian to talk,
which is the fortune teller of the Armenian Christian Dior . She said that he would be
successful in the fashion world and create perfume. A while later after he had designed for
various fashion houses he worked as a freenlancer for the fashion house Chloe in 1964,
where he first designed for only a few pieces and then whole sections of collections. He also
collaborated with Italian fashion house Fendi and made accessories and clothing.
He made also an exclusive collection for H & M with only a limited number of releases.
Within two days the whole collection was sold out. He was afraid when he began to think
that this collection would affect ,because he worked with a low-budget "brand.

Meanwhile he made many designs for Chanel since 1883. He makes great collections, season
after season, for this famous brand. In the 80 years he has launched his own fashion line
called Lagerfeld Collections (originally called the Lagerfeld Gallery). In 2011 he has brought
out a collection with a Swedish crystal company, for a crystal collection. It is called Orrefors
and every fan was looking forward to this.

Work for H&M

He has made a collection for H & M in 2004 for the wider
public. There was only a limited number of clothes available
and therefore he has decided not to do it again, because he
felt that if he was going to make prêt-a porter than it should
be for everyone and not for who shows up first.

As you can see on the right his style is a little man-ish! And is
made for thin people. This is the way karl Lagerfeldt dresses
itself. By using black and white, he gives it some more class.
Also because the clothing is so tight and close to the body it
really emphasizes the figure. He uses a lot of cotton.
Work for Chanel
This is a typical example of haute couture. As you can see the quality fabrics are often made
of silk and other soft materials. These clothes are all from one collection, he gives the models
the same hairstyle so it looks more like a unit. He does that for most of his collections.
The first is the most introverted of the three. Yet it is an evening dress and you would
probably never wear throughout the day. He has used a quantity contrast, because the
shoulders are so light when the rest is in the same colour. Only the belt is in another colour,
but also in a grey shade. It is very classic, like the style of Chanel has always been.
The second is very outgoing, this is something you wouldn’t find hanging in a normal shop. It
is a piece that you would only find on the runway and the people who can pay such a high
price will be attracted by it. It is a brown color with a shiny substance, which gives it
something authentic and classic, yet very modern by the belt in the middle.
The last one looks like something out of the first days of Chanel her fashion career. She
didn’t find knees that pretty and that is why but eventually she could not escape the short
skirts. But here you see it well. It is an elegant long dress, the color is the same, the structure
of the breast after. It thus gives some simple and elegant.
with his collections for Chanel, he still tries the style of Chanel as much to express.
Own designs
In his work you can see clearly that it emphasizes the contours of the models. The left is
feminine, elegant and classic. He has but one contrast and that its color tones of black,
because there is also gray but a different color is not used. Karl Lagerfeld is known primarily
using the colors black and white.
In the middle you see a white dress, the top looks kind of like a jacket and with the collar it
gets a manly touch. The basic colors are black and white here as with all of the pieces. In this
design, you can also clearly see that he liked to make feminine garments more masculine.
The court looks very professional from the top, and also very masculine. With the tie and the
collar it is certainly eye catching. The leopard belt gives it a modern edge. The jacket is not
too common, there is a kind of lacquer which makes it a special kind of glow. It's really short
for a typical collection of Karl Lagerfeld
Victor and Rolf, Karl Lagerfeld’s comparison
Victor and Rolf began in 1993 with their own fashion house. They are specialized in fashion,
perfumes and accessories. Here are two of their designs. They are the only Dutch at the time
who can officially call their fashion 'haute couture', according to the Chambre Syndicale la
couture. It's great for the Netherlands we have a duo that has made it this far.
They certainly do not play it safe with their designs, as you can see, the left is very unusual
because there are just pieces of the dress that has been removed. By the black lines at the
top and black gloves to complement the light colour of the dress even more.
The right one is softer than the left. The clothing consists of dozens of layers of tulle that
makes it stand out even more. Again on the left side there is a part of the dress that has
been removed.
I have chosen Victor and Rolf to compare to Karl Lagerfeld, because they both have their
unique styles and that makes them so different, but the same. Karl Lagerfeld loves black and
making clothes more manly and Victor and Rolf are always busy with pushing limits.