#karl-lagerfeld

#karl-lagerfeld

Manoir du Mée, a 5,400-square-foot mansion, wasn't just beautiful but historic as well. The manse was built in 1749—40 years before the French Revolution.

Regardless of the address, the revered fashion designer always, unabashedly, combined old with new, shedding fresh light on various historical design movements and their most important pioneers. Most of these homes have been the subject of expansive magazine print features and the fodder of tabloid headlines but little focus has ever really been placed on his workspaces.

The late German-born Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld was famously precise, exacting and known to hold a grudge, but his final wishes concerning the beneficiaries of his vast fortune could now be overturned beyond the grave in a looming court battle. Seven years after Lagerfeld's death from cancer, an unnamed plaintiff has come forward to challenge the haute couture titan's last will and testament.

I always see double. I see it everywhere,

Airbnb cofounder Joe Gebbia sported a black tuxedo embellished with crystal flowers at the 2023 Met Gala, perfectly embodying the theme in honor of Karl Lagerfeld.