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Designer of the Week: Karl Lagerfeld


Karl Lagerfeld was born in Hamburg in 1938.
He has taken on the role of costume designer for a number of productions.
In 1955, at the age of 17, Lagerfeld worked at Pierre Balmain, after winning a competition.
In 1967, he joined Fendi, then Chloe. Then Chanel in 1983.
Lagerfeld is famous for having lost a lot of weight and bringing out a diet book, The Karl Lagerfeld Diet. He lost 90lbs.


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