In Depth

Karl Lagerfeld: a life in pictures

by The Week team

19 Feb 2019

Karl Lagerfeld

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Karl Lagerfeld poses with a model as French hairdresser Alexandre de Paris prepares her backstage ahead of a show in Paris in 1983

Karl Lagerfeld

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Karl Lagerfeld

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Karl Lagerfeld

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Lagerfeld joins models including Linda Evangelista to take a bow at the end of a Chanel fashion show in Paris in 1996

Karl Lagerfeld

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Claudia Schiffer hands Lagerfeld the Platinum award, in honour of his life’s work, at the Elle Fashion Star ceremony in 2009

Karl Lagerfeld

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Karl Lagerfeld

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Karl Lagerfeld

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Lagerfeld attends a Chanel performance at the Prado promenade in Havana in 2016

Karl Lagerfeld

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