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Anna Wintour
Book Slipcase
Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld
The Little Black Jacket
Chanel’s Classic Revisited
This book is Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld’s reinterpretation of Chanel’s iconic little black jacket. Lagerfeld has
redesigned the jacket, transforming it into a modern, adaptable garment to be worn by both sexes of all ages. The Little
Black Jacket contains Lagerfeld’s photographs of celebrities wearing the jacket with individual flair – sometimes classic,
sometimes irreverent, but always Chanel – and each styled by Carine Roitfeld. A range of accomplished actors,
musicians, designers, models, writers and directors gets the little black jacket treatment, including Claudia Schiffer,
Uma Thurman, Kanye West, Tilda Swinton, Baptiste Giabiconi, Yoko Ono and Sarah Jessica Parker. This book shows
the astounding versatility of Chanel’s vision in Lagerfeld’s hands, and ensures the little black jacket’s future as a timeless
classic.
Karl Lagerfeld, fashion designer, book dealer and publisher, began working as a photographer in 1987. Lagerfeld has
received the Lucky Strike Design Award from the Raymond Lewy Foundation, the cultural prize from the German
Photographic Society, and the ICP Trustees Award at the International Center of Photography’s Infinity Awards in 2007.
His recent exhibitions include “Konkret Abstrakt Gesehen” at the Langen Foundation, Neuss, and “Metamorphoses of
an American – A Cycle of Youth, 2003–8” at Pace/MacGill, New York. Steidl has published most of Lagerfeld’s books,
including Casa Malaparte (1998), A Portrait of Dorian Gray (2004), Room Service (2006) and The Beauty of Violence
(2010).
Carine Roitfeld is a fashion writer and stylist, and was editor-in-chief of French Vogue from 2001 to 2011. Roitfeld
began her career as a model before moving to French Elle as a journalist and stylist. Meeting Mario Testino then marked
the beginning of an ongoing collaboration that saw the pair create groundbreaking advertising campaigns and editorial
shoots. Roitfeld worked as a consultant with Tom Ford during his time at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, and her book
Irreverent was published in 2010.
Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld
The Little Black Jacket
Chanel’s Classic Revisited
Book design by Karl Lagerfeld,
Eric Pfrunder and Gerhard Steidl
232 pages and a gatefold
11.4 x 14.6 in. / 29 x 37 cm
112 photographs
Quadrotone
Otabind softcover housed in a slipcase
€ 65.00 / £ 50.00 / US$ 88.00
ISBN 978-3-86930-446-5
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