• 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.