One famous fashion designer once said that diet is the only kind of struggle where a person loses and wins. The author of this aphorism is the inimitable Karl Lagerfeld.
Minus "40"
The leading fashion designer of the famous House of Chanel knows firsthand what excess weight is and how to deal with it. In 2002, the Great Karl (as the couturier is called in Europe) appeared before the public in an updated state. In thirteen months, the Kaiser lost more than forty kilograms. This achievement was not easy for the fashion designer, because at that time his age approached the mark of 70. Karl Lagerfeld's diet did not involve sweet and starchy foods. In tandem with Jean-Claude Houdret, a champion of a he althy lifestyle, the fashion designer, whose weight was then more than a centner, began to lose weight rapidly and soon reached his goal of seventy kilograms. And in 2002, at the French Fashion Week, the "new" Karl Lagerfeld made a splash. Photos of the fashion designer flooded all the pages of well-known and little-known tabloids. The public is confusedlooked at each other, and the couturier's fans froze with delight. It is noteworthy that it was not he alth problems that prompted the Kaiser to lose weight, but a simple desire to wear fashionable, beautiful and comfortable clothes of minimal sizes. And he succeeded brilliantly.
Diet 3D
Inspired by success, Karl Lagerfeld decided to write a book about the fight against excess weight. Considerable assistance in this matter was provided to him by his nutritionist Jean-Claude Udret. The typographic product turned out much better than expected. Full of wit and irony, Diet 3D is available for purchase in stores worldwide. In addition to ways to reduce weight, the pages of the publication contain many recipes and other important tips. As the Great Charles himself notes, those who feel no regret about the impossibility of wearing beautiful and fashionable clothes do not need this book. It is designed for those who really decided to learn the art of diet.
Childhood and the development of creative skills
Karl Lagerfeld was born on September 10, 1938 in the German city of Hamburg. His family was distinguished by enviable prosperity and stood out sharply from the background of others. The boy's father made a fortune supplying canned milk to Europe. A sufficient amount of money allowed Karl to receive an excellent education. The boy has been studying foreign languages since childhood and is fluent in English, French and Italian. As the Great Karl himself admits, his mother played a huge role in the formation of his personality. She instilled in the boy a love of fashion,good perfume and art. It was Frau Lagerfeld who became the person thanks to whom her son sat down at the easel for the first time.
See Paris and become famous
However, the boy did not live long under the same roof with his parents. At the age of fourteen, Paris opens its doors to the future famous fashion designer, who will soon become Karl Lagerfeld. In his youth, he studied the exact sciences and was more than an exemplary student. But one day he decided to create "something" on paper. Being in the fashion capital of the world, the boy did not think of anything else but to try to create his own sketch. The first test was more than successful. Christian Dior, Hubert Givenchy and Pierre Balmain, who sat on the jury of the fashion sketch competition, recognized Lagerfeld's creation as incomparable. Thus ended the usual and boring life of a sixteen-year-old boy. Now the gates to the adult and bohemian world of fashion have opened before him.
Opening doors
Carla invites Pierre Balmain to work for him. For several years, the young man has been working in the workshop, improving his skills, while at the same time studying the whole mechanism called "the world of fashion."
In 1958, the House of Jean Patou acquires a new fashion designer, who became Karl Lagerfeld. In his youth, he was not at all afraid to experiment. And after five years, it becomes an invariable link in four model workshops at once: Fendi, Chloe, Charles Laurdan and Krizia. For each of the Houses, the Kaiser creates completely different collections. The great talent of the young man became the very lever, thanks to which this trick turned out to be amazingly successful. In each collection, the Great Charles managed to convey the mood and style inherent in this particular House. He in no way changed the developments established over the years, but only added his own, brighter images to the well-known images.
Reviving the Lost Spirit
In 1971, the chair of the great House of Chanel was empty: Gabrielle Chanel left this world. Her heirs were looking for someone who could save and continue the undertakings of the Great Madame. All attempts were unsuccessful: fashion designers did not want to follow the path created by Gabriel, and radically changed the established style. This did not suit the owners of the brand. But then Karl Lagerfeld came to them. The maestro's collections so accurately conveyed the already, it would seem, forever lost spirit of Chanel, that the world community burst into applause.
When the Great Charles was 45 years old, a high fashion clothing line was transferred under his leadership. A year later, the Kaiser began to manage all areas of the House of Chanel. Thanks to his inhuman ability to work, the fashion designer quickly won the love and respect of critics, models and the entire public. His diligence is to be envied. Karl Lagerfeld works about twenty hours a day. He makes about seven sketches a day. This is more than two and a half thousand drawings a year.
Carl's Passion
Besides creating clothing collections, the famous maestro has other hobbies. publicThere are three main activities that Karl Lagerfeld enjoys: perfumes, drawings, photos and books. The mentor of the House of Chanel calls the creation of fragrances his passion, "basic instinct". As Great Karl notes, for him there is nothing more perfect than to combine different notes of smells, to think over compositions and to place a certain emphasis on one or another component of a perfume. Without exaggeration, the following fragrances can be called his personal achievements:
1. Perfumes Lagerfeld, made especially for Chloe.
2. Photo, KL (Karl Lagerfeld) and JAKO under their own couturier label.
If many people know about the sketches made by the maestro, then only a small part of people are aware that another passion of the Kaiser is photography. As the Great Karl himself notes, he sees the world as if through a camera lens. For him, photography is a kind of way of reflecting reality. It is noteworthy that the fashion designer creates every single shot for advertising each of the collections with his own hands.
Private life and other hobbies
Books are another passion of the great fashion designer. His parents instilled in him a love of reading. Any trip of a couturier is marked by the acquisition of a significant and valuable tome for Lagerfeld, whether it be a volume of Dostoevsky or a collection of Chinese poetry. His hardcover collection will be the envy of even the best library. In 2000, the Great Charles sold some of his books on French art at Christei's charity auction.
If about creative successThe mentor of the House of Chanel knows a lot, then his personal life is hidden behind dark sunglasses. Whitened hair, styled in a low ponytail, an incomparably fitting suit, mitts on his hands, a stately gait - this man cannot be given more than sixty. It is a "tidbit" not only for women, but also for men. However, the only individual in which the Great Carl shows interest is his cat Choupette. She is the main member of the couturier family. Choupette eats at the same table with the owner. She has two maids, she sleeps on pillows. The fashion designer admits he wouldn't mind tying the knot with his favorite animal.
Karl Lagerfeld never regrets anything. He does not remember his youth, but lives for today.
