INSTYLE March-April 2019
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UPFRONTIndustry Happenings<br />
HAIL KARL LAGERFELD<br />
CHANEL ARTISTIC DIRECTOR and iconic<br />
fashion industry legend Karl Lagerfeld<br />
has passed away at the age of 85, after<br />
suffering some ill health in recent months.<br />
The renowned designer joined Chanel in<br />
1983, instantly making an impact for both<br />
his persona, for which his own black-suit,<br />
sunglasses and white ponytail aesthetic<br />
was legendary, and extraordinary fashion<br />
sensibilities. In this role, and in other<br />
fashion appointments for Fendi and his<br />
own self-titled label, he changed the face of<br />
fashion as we know it today.<br />
“Thanks to his creative genius, generosity<br />
and exceptional intuition, Karl Lagerfeld<br />
was ahead of his time, which widely<br />
contributed to the House of CHANEL’s<br />
success throughout the world,” said<br />
Alain Wertheimer, CEO of CHANEL in an<br />
Instagram post sent to the brand’s 33 million<br />
followers. “Today, not only have I lost a<br />
friend, but we have all lost an extraordinary<br />
creative mind to whom I gave carte blanche<br />
in the early 1980s to reinvent the brand.”<br />
Virginie Viard, Director of CHANEL’s<br />
Fashion Creation Studio and a close<br />
collaborator of Karl Lagerfeld has now<br />
stepped into his role to continue the<br />
enormous legacy of the fashion house.<br />
Karl made waves across the hair and<br />
beauty industries as well. In 2014<br />
he famously collaborated with Shu<br />
Uemera for a must-have beauty<br />
collection based on his equally<br />
iconic cat Choupette (who has been<br />
rumoured as the named recipient of a vast<br />
amount of his fashion-led fortune), and his<br />
runway collaboration presented the peak of<br />
hair, fashion and beauty for Chanel.<br />
His death has been mourned by celebrities<br />
and muses across the globe, from Kim<br />
Kardashion, to Gigi and Bella Hadid,<br />
Miley Cyrus, Naomi Campbell, Rihanna,<br />
Cindy Crawford, Kendall Jenner, Victoria<br />
Beckham, Diane Kruger and so many others,<br />
all of whom posted tributes on social media<br />
to a man who shaped the industry.<br />
His enormous industry legacy will<br />
continue to live on in his work and witty,<br />
bold and sometimes controversial persona.<br />
Rest in peace to a true icon of our times.<br />
14 <strong>INSTYLE</strong>
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