KARL LAGERFELD POWER.

  

Karl Lagerfeld is a famous German fashion designer and also a popular persona, who keeps catch the eye of media.Lagerfeld's base was and still is in Berlin.But Karl Lagerfeld is not only a talented fashion designer, he is also an artist and a photographer.

LIFE.

Lagerfeld was born in Hamburg. He has claimed he was born in 1938, to Elisabeth (born Bahlman) and his Swedish father Otto Lagerfeldt.Finally, in April 2013 he declared that he was born in 1935.Another chapter of Lagerfeld's life was weight.When Lagerfeld lost 42 kg (roughly 92.6 pounds) in 13 months in 2001, his explanation was "...I suddenly wanted to dress differently, to wear clothes designed by Hedi Slimane." "But these fashions, modeled by very, very slim boys—and not men my age—required me to lose at least 40 kg. It took me exactly thirteen months." The diet was created specially for Lagerfeld by Dr. Jean-Claude Houdret, which led to a book called The Karl Lagerfeld Diet, which he promoted on Larry King Live and other shows.

CAREER.

He has collaborated on a variety of fashion and art related projects, notably as head designer and creative director for the fashion house Chanel. Lagerfeld has his own label fashion house, as well as the Italian house Fendi.After his education in Hamburg and in Paris, Lagerfeld was hired as Pierre Balmain's assistant after winning the coats category in a design competition sponsored by the International Wool Secretariat in 1955.Later, in 1964, Lagerfeld had begun to freelance for French fashion house Chloé.In 1970, he also began a brief design collaboration with Roman Haute Couture house Curiel.He collaborated with Italian fashion house Fendi, designing furs, clothing and accessories.Lagerfeld has also worked for Jean Patou, H&M, Hogan and Macy's.Diesel offered him a collaboration in order to create a special denim's collection for the Lagerfeld Gallery too.

STYLE.
Karl Lagerfeld's style is unique and has make him famous around the globe. He is well recognized around the world for his trademark white hair and black glasses.He almost always wears black suits with white shirts and details.Lagerfeld was also the first that made trend the daily-wear rock-type leather black gloves.

CONTROVERSIES.
Karl Lagerfeld is also famous for his "sick" fights with other celebrities.In 1993, he caused US Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour to walk out of his Milan Fashion Week runway show when he employed strippers and adult film star Moana Pozzi to model his black-and-white collection for Fendi. Lagerfeld was the target of a pieing by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in 2001 at a fashion premiere at Lincoln Center in New York City. The tofu pies hurled by animal rights activists in protest of his use of fur within his collections, however went astray and hit Calvin Klein. A PETA spokesperson described the hit on Klein as "friendly fire", calling Klein, who doesn't use fur, "a great friend to the animals", while he called Lagerfeld a "designer dinosaur" who continues to use fur in his collections.In 2010, PETA quotes Lagerfeld, who used fake fur in his 2010 Chanel collection, on their website as saying: "It's the triumph of fake fur … because fake fur changed so much and became so great now that you can hardly see a difference. Lagerfeld had also controversies with Heidi Klum, Adele and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.