Karl Lagerfeld (July 2006 - March 2010)

[Boomer]

...if everything goes well, in just a few weeks (4 to be precise) you'll be joking about sharing bottles of Dom with Anna Mouglalis at the Flore...

Joking!!? How dare thee make fun of my true love...!! [Inset picture of Anna/Amanda/Virginie/Maureen Chiquet (she's new) here] One of them anyway...depending who is around... And how late it is, and if the Dom is flowing, and if the money is running out...

I trust someone will get the lowdown from Karl on the Spring 2010 collection tomorrow night...How many days till Ready to Wear? We need one of those countdown clocks- like at New Years... B)

 

[ilaughead]

The fan club really seems to have grown recently! What's the deal, latecomers!? Did you just now realize that following Karl's life is much more fulfilling than living your own? Speaking of which, I have now watched that The Day Before episode three times...

And pleased as I am to be included in Karl's third-degree, iamabiggerkarlfan.

P.S. Newcomers are not required to participate in Boomer and Borja's fanfiction/alternate reality universe. Some of us can keep our fantasies to ourselves.

 

[Boomer]

^ Fiction!!? Ah...that's it! I was wondering why I kept waking up still in New Jersey...

 

[Derin]

Happy Birthday Karl !! (I never forget cause I share the same birthday with Karl!)

 

[NakedIfIWantTo]

Karl says birthdays are demode, good children.

(although happy birthday to you Derin child)

 

[antonia1990]

@ borjacapella: haha! I'm certainly not scared. Thanks for the welcome. I will certainly be around here for the Karl updates.

And Happy Birthday to you Derin. Lucky you to share a birthday with Mr Karl! I'm tres envious!

 

[Boomer]

^ Happy Birthday Derin!! I trust you are not 73 too... The dates on Birth Certificates are so demode, as are the people you grew up with who are five years older than you say you are...

 

[Derin]

^ Cheers to all of you guys for your birthday wishes! I also think that birthdays are demode, but everybody likes to get pampered once in a while humm? And Boomer, I'm not 73 but I certainly feel the same age as Karl

 

[from: sophia]

^ happy birthday Derin I dont think Karl feels 73 so you have nothing to worry about.

 

[Boomer]

^ Yeah- I would like to have the energy and ambition that Karl still has at his age- I'd like to have it now, in fact!!

 

[Tony Fersen]

Karl Lagerfeld was this afternoom invited to talk on the radio, on Europe1 station. He has the suprise to have a happy birthday wished by Carla Bruni by phone. He also talked about the fashion night, his chilhood and his diet. It was funny because he received at the end a piece of cake and he replied "for all the reasons I mentioned before I would decline to eat it". The journalist said "we haven't put all the candles" and Karl replied that he appreciated this secrecy.
We also heard by phone Carine Roitfeld -he said he loves her children- and Karl Lagerfeld was supposed to join her just after the interview.

 

[CarMELita]

He's got some awesome editorials with Freja in the German Vogue october issue - make sure to visit Freja's thread ...

 

[NakedIfIWantTo]

ooohh this German October sounds like a lot of fun!!

 

[Boomer]

Remember the Karl (Fendi) documentary is on Sundance Channel tonight... B)

 

[antonia1990]

oh I wish I had that channel - I hope someone uploads it on YouTube

 

[NakedIfIWantTo]

I hope so too...

 

[Boomer]

^ Yes, someone has to post it - it was wonderful! In some ways better than Confidential, with more models, more Lady Amanda crush and a couple of very funny scenes! I am amazed at how these people put up with the pressure all the time! And it is obvious the regard and affection they have for Karl...

 

[ponytrot]

Karl!

theselby.com

 

[antonia1990]

haha!

I love his tie!

 

[ilaughead]

I love it. From NYMag.com.

Olivier Zahm Explains Why Karl Lagerfeld Shot Baptiste Giabiconi in Nothing But Prostitute Shoes

One of the most memorable images this blog has ever run is of Karl Lagerfeld shooting Baptiste Giabiconi for the current issue of Purple, in which he wears nothing but high heels. At the Alexander Wang show yesterday, Purple editor Olivier Zahm, who was on set for the shoot, shed light on the magic that is the Baptiste-Karl pairing. "That was a nice moment because Karl was really inspired by Baptiste. Because Baptiste connects him to a lot of different periods of his life and he's a living journal — can you say that? — for Karl. He can really transform Baptiste into different characters," Zahm explained. Zahm had asked Karl to shoot a tribute to Helmut Newton for the fall issue, but Karl wanted to use a man instead of a woman. "So I said, 'Okay, you shoot a man, but as a Helmut Newton woman.'" Zahm continued. "He immediately chose Baptiste, and he had the great idea to use these prostitute high heels, which are just meant for prostitutes — they're not meant for a glamorous night."

Zahm assured us the relationship between Karl and Baptiste is purely platonic, thriving on a remarkable professional chemistry. "[Karl] gives clear direction, but Baptiste has a very easy and spontaneous way of modeling. He's not embarrassed at all," Zahm said. "As a man, he's spectacular because sometimes men are posing too much and trying too hard. And Baptiste is not too pose-y, but he's also not grunge or cool. He's in between something like too fashion and too laid-back. And it's sharp, it's really sharp. So that shoot was really easy." Apparently, Karl could have shot Baptiste in this fashion (or lack thereof) for weeks. "He was so into the shoot that he wants always to do more pictures — in Venice and Paris," Zahm said. "I have to stop him because I have a limited number of pages."