Dresses are only interesting as part of everything else thats going on, he told the magazine in 1989.
Its no wonder then, that Lagerfeld felt most at home in the 18th century.
It was a most polite century, the designer told Kennedy Fraser.
Courtesy of Lagerfeld Gallery
The rooms were so flattering to live in.
Andre Leon Talley wittily described Lagerfeld at this time as having a Versailles complex.
Lagerfeld’s retreat into Enlightenment-era surroundings followed earlier style crushes.
The first of the designers apartments to appear inVoguewas his Art Deco set piece in Paris.
Lagerfelds Italian lair, in contrast, was filled with Wiener Werkstatte pieces.
Each of Karls apartments is a perfect and closed universe, but a sincere one, Putman noted sagely.
His apartments have been a series of successive sincerities.
He goes to the end of an obsession for each place: and then he gets rid of stuff.
Change was the constant in Lagerfelds life; its no wonder he chose fashion as his milieu.
Described inVogueas a fusion of neo-baroque styles, the overall impression conveyed in photographs is one of airy coziness.
Here Lagerfeld slept in a bedroom covered with a chintz fabric based on Louis XVI documents.
Modern is modern, the designer toldVoguein 1992.
My dream is one day to build a very modern house.
I dont know why, because I have enough houses already, but I dream of it.
Anything dusty, dirty, mustyforget about it.
I like my 19th-century fresh, Lagerfeld said.
Paris: Karl Lagerfelds Paris apartment is a showcase for his 1920’s masterpieces.
Lacquered screen by Eileen Grey, about 1924.
Painting, and two vases in silver bronze and black lacquer (1928), all by Jean Dunand.
