The World according to Karl /anglais

HardCover. Pub Date :2013-09-16 Pages: 176 Language: English Publisher: Thames Hudson The ultimate repertoire of wit and wisdom from fashions sharpest pin Karl Lagerfeld is a modern master of couture He is also famously outspoken:. His wise. surprising statements pop up like offbeat news flashes. This collection of quotations pays homage to the legendary minence grise of the fashion world. Lagerfelds pronouncements on fashion. women. art. politics. love. and life high and low are famously oracular. seized upon by fashionistas. acolytes and sages around the world. Created with the full approval of the designer himself. this cornucopia of Lagerfelds maxims is required reading for us all today as we negotiate the trickiest curves of modern life. Cultivated. unpredictable. provocative. sometimes shocking . Lagerfelds bons mots are always impossible to ignore. Jean-Christophe Nap...

Patrick Mauries, editor and author, has written more than thirty books including Jewelry by Chanel (2012). He has known Karl Lagerfeld since the beginning of his literary career. Jean-Christophe Napias is an author, translator, and editor of books on dandyism, dance music, camp culture, and Paris. Sandrine Gulbenkian is director of the French publisher Parigramme. Charles Ameline is a graphic designer and co-founder of Teto, a producer of textiles printed with original designs from contemporary illustrators.