MEETING KARL LAGERFELD

Gosh, it's been a crazy week... could somebody please stop the watch from turning!!! 

Yesterday I've "hopped" on a train, not with the lovely Brighton Hill but with the 
hubby and visited the Karl Lagerfeld's fashion exhibition called Fashion Method, 
curated by the designer's muse Lady Amanda Harlech.

 Already by entering the exhibition, I was immediately in the thick of Karl's creative 

process. In front of me was the sanctuary: his desk! "In Paris, he has about five in one 

loft space, and they are all like this, some with more papers and books and fabrics on 

them, and each desk is used for a different project, a different collection", so Lady 

Harlech. Though it was actually a mess, I totally comprehended the system and its 

worth after all. Inspiring books and sketches around the table invite the visitor to take 

a sneak peek into mastermind's genius! 

An off-the-shoulder coat in yellow wool recreated to mirror one Lagerfeld designed for the1954 Woolmark prize.

Piece by piece you find yourself in the past, present and future of Chanel, Fendi, Chloé 

and Lagerfeld's own label! I submerged and let myself get carried away by Karl's 

fascinating perception of fashion. His play with colors, fabrics as "Fun Fur" and leather 

but also his numerous sketches presented as a curtain, will remain unforgotten!

Curtain of croquis sketches

What I liked the most was that this exhibition isn't a retrospective like it is still practiced 

by many designers nowadays! But a future-spective! To quote Lagerfeld's muse again: 

"The idea was to show Karl's complete oevre, something that has never beein done before." 

And I can cleary remember him saying: 

 "I don't look back... Life is not something made by order, we have to fit in the 

pattern of what life is all about now, and I'm a person who fits easily into 

this kind of situation because I like change." 

(Amen, Karl!!!) 

Though I really enjoy watching at all the stylish 70s inspired looks, 

the avant-gard and modern minimalistic ones are still the most appealing to me! 

Because wearable in here and now and even at the future... The fact that he is 

open-minded to changes, innovations and against stagnation has always been 

very inspiring to me!

My fave BLACK designs from the exhibition! Too obvious... huh?! :)

"I could play with everything and mix it with everything that's going on in 

fashion because fashion is about that. It's not retrospective, it has to be 

something you want to wear NOW."

Karl Lagerfeld

This most recognizable man, known for a silver ponytail and fingerless gloves let 

glady speak his designs for themselves. Almost never seen without his dark glasses 

he puts fashion first, much the same as the lovely Lenya!

Pregnant wedding dress (July 2014)

I was deeply impressed by the music choice, the graffiti-strew concrete walls of an 

industrial bunker as a contrast to the beauty of Karl's genius and the breathtaking 

details of his exhibtion. Watch the Behind The Art film here! 

Everything was very inspiring and I've had a slight feeling of beeing a part of 

it, influenced by Karl's unforgettable visions with a forward-thinking in 

the here and now!

Thank you, Karl!

It was a pleasure to meet you!

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Unfortunately it was not allowed to take pictures! All photos are by Vogue and David Ertl, edited by me!