Karl Lagerfeld designed a glassware collection for Swedish company, Orrefors.
These sleek pimp cups come in a couple shades and are branded with a KL monogram.
I totally want these but I don’t have a cool place of my own where I can have cool dinner parties and shit.
[Vogue UK]
Not down.
“I don’t have too much consideration for the poor people who try to write that book [his biography] … But it’s interesting that people in fact are lazy. If they worked hard they would find interesting things. Nobody finds it! So I’m in a position to say ‘Fuck you, you’re all lazy pigs.’ And I certainly won’t help them!”
-K-Lag reveals his thoughts on biographers to Elle.
K-Lag in a section of his massive library. Image via Vice Magazine
Karl Lagerfeld sat down to talk to W Magazine and here are the best quotes from the interview:
You’re a busy man.
I’m always busy. You know, the more I do, the more ideas I have—that’s the funny thing. The brain is a muscle, and I’m a kind of body-builder.Do you ever take vacations?
I’m not an employee who goes to the office every morning at the same time. Then, vacations are needed. I’m like a rock singer with one-night stands on the road. I’m here for two days in New York; I leave in the morning early. I come back for Anna Wintour’s party at the Met, then again at the end of May for a prize I get from the Gordon Parks Foundation. I’m lucky that I can do all these things in the best conditions. I don’t have to struggle for that. I don’t have to discuss budgets. I don’t do meetings. At Chanel, there are no meetings. At Chanel, we do what we want, whenever we want and it works. And Fendi is the same.Do you do it [his hair] yourself?
No, I have someone who comes to the house and washes it, puts in the dry shampoo, and takes care if it because I have no time. I don’t even have time to go to the dentist. I’m busy but in a pleasant way. I’m the one who wanted to do all of it, so I can’t complain.What are your thoughts on Dior? Who should take over?
Well I’m not a consultant there, but I think Riccardo Tisci would be good, and then Haider Ackermann at Givenchy—not because they are friends of mine, but because they are good.You seem to have a love/hate relationship with technology. You have hundreds of iPods but you don’t use a computer. You correspond by fax.
There are people who only have a fax because of me.When was the last time you cried?
I’m trying to think of the last time I had onions.
Um, yeah! For the rest of the interview visit W Magazine.
K-Lag in a section of his massive library. Image via Vice Magazine
We know K-Lag loves his books considering he happens to own over 300,000 of them and low-key owns a bookstore and publishing house in Paris by the name of 7L and even has plans to open another in New York. Well, now it’s no surprise that Karl Lagerfeld has teamed up with the publishing company Steidl to create a perfume that will smell like books by the name of Paper Passion.
Karl actually isn’t the first one who tried to recreate a scent inspired by the scent of books; Zadig et Voltaire also released one called, Tome 1 La Pureté. Now what makes Paper Passion cooler? The packaging. The scent is said to be encased within a hollowed out hard-cover book named Paper Passion as well.
I mean, yeah the smell of books brings upon the nostalgic memories but nowadays the scent simply reminds me of how creepy some Los Angeles Public Libraries are. I mean, they were the spot when I was kid and recently I ventured over to one for fun, checked out books, got creeped out, left and never wanted to go back to that to that place so that left me with a stack of overdue stuff and letters from collection agencies months later but that’s all sorted out now.
So yeah, IDK if I’ll be all over this book smell, which almost kinds of smell like the Goodwill now that I think of it, on my body. In books, yeah cool, drenched all over me, probably not. Not going to lie, I probably will still buy it and put the pretty book on my dresser.
What do you guys think?
I'm just gonna chill here, you know, in the front row.
For everyone sitting on the edge of their seats, waiting for Blake Lively to announce a fashion line like every other celebrity, don’t hold your breath.
“I’ve been asked about that,” Blake tells WWD, “but I have such a respect for fashion and such an appreciation for it that, if there are people like Karl Lagerfeld out there designing, who am I?”
Finally, a famous person who gets it.
Not down with Galliano.
Kelly Cutrone is adding designer to her list of amazingness and has teamed up with her People’s Rev’ partner Robyn Berkley and Chris Burch (Tory’s ex) to create The Electric Love Army. [She Finds]
RIP Rumor: Blake Lively doesn’t think it’s tacky for celebs to go to fashion shows. [The Cut]
Beyonce advises people not to color their hair at home but what about those Feria ads? Yeah because we really believed she used box color. [Teen Vogue]
So Amanda Seyfried dated Alexander Skarsgard? [ONTD]
John Galliano to stand trial for anti-semitic rants. [NYT]
Karl Lagerfeld on Galliano: “I’m furious, if you want to know. I’m furious that it could happen, because the question is no longer even whether he really said it. The image has gone around the world. It’s a horrible image for fashion, because they think that every designer and everything in fashion is like this. This is what makes me crazy in that story. The thing is, we are a business world where, especially today, with the Internet, one has to be more careful than ever, especially if you are a publicly known person. You cannot go in the street and be drunk — there are things you cannot do… I’m furious with him because of the harm he did to LVMH and [chairman and ceo] Bernard Arnault, who is a friend, and who supported him more than he supported any other designer in his group, because Dior is his favorite label. It’s as if he had his child hurt.” [WWD]
Kristen Dunst doesn’t want her own clothing line but is down for a collaboration instead. Lazy much? [Daily Mail]
Courtesy Chanel
Chanel’s new it-girl, Blake Lively, is seen here posing as the face of the new Mademoiselle bag. The Gossip Girl actress was shot by her BFF Karl Lagerfeld. What do you think of the ad?
Freja Beha Erichsen and Arizona Muse are the March 2011 covergirls of Numéro magazine and were shot by Uncle Karl Lagerfeld. How long do you think it will be before Muse becomes K-Lag’s muse?
Now this might be an issue worthy of picking up because it features a “Super Style Lesson” by none-other than Karl Lagerfeld himself. K-Lag graces the March 2011 cover of French Glamour alongside his German muse, Diane Kruger who is of course wearing Spring 2011 Chanel. Lucky, Lucky, girl.
Kanye West lands the latest cover of VMAN and was shot by Karl Lagerfeld or K-Lag as we like to call him here. The outspoken rapper sports Louis Vuitton and literally puts his money where his mouth is.
K-Lag even praises Kanye saying, “His strength is mixing music and fashion. He has an instant instinct for what looks and sounds good. He makes everything new and different.”
Read on for the rest of Kanye’s Spread…
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For reals?
-Kate Somerville, aesthetician to the stars, says Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor used to shave their faces to attain smooth, exfoliated skin. Caroline Manzo got the memo before us all. [Style.com]
-Spears for Sears? That’s the rumored name of the collection Britney Spears is designing for Sears. Oh no. [Much Music]
-Madonna has found Material Girl a replacement celebrity face for Taylor Momsen and it’s Kelly Osbourne. Woot. She did sing Papa Don’t Preach after-all. [Mirror Uk]
-Model Doutzen Kroes gives birth to a baby boy. [Twitter]
-Lindsay Lohan is back to work doing a photo-shoot for JJ Japan. [Twitter]
K-Lag+Diddy=BFF
-Dawn Richards and P.Diddy sat front row at the Dior Homme show and chilled with K-Lag in Paris. We saw Dawn at low budget LA Fashion week show last year. What a come up! [The Cut]
-Naomi Campbell makes a commercial for her Russian BF’s apartment complexes. [Page Six]
Karl Lagerfeld
K-Lag wants Kate Middleton to sport an open front Victorian dress with high boots. Imagine Karl Lagerfeld walking her down the isle, rolling deep with a posse consisting of Blake Lively and all his little man toys in Victorian outfits. Ah, one can only dream for such ridiculousness.
Missoni
Kate Middleton getting married in Missoni? Can you picture it? So long as the reception is decked out with decorative pieces donning the fashion house’s signature zig-zag print. Again, dreaming.
Rachel Roy
Love Rachel Roy and what she does with floor-length gowns. Surprised more celebrities haven’t enlisted her to create their bridal looks.
Have you seen Prabal Gurung, Monique Lhuillier and Vera Wang’s sketches?
[WWD]
