Karl Lagerfeld, Designer Who Defined Luxury Fashion, Dies at 85

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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/obituaries/karl-lagerfeld-dead.html

Karl Lagerfeld, the most prolific designer of the 20th and 21st centuries and a man whose career formed the prototype of the modern luxury fashion industry, died on Tuesday in Paris. He was 85.

His death was announced on Tuesday by Chanel.

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“More than anyone I know, he represents the soul of fashion: restless, forward-looking and voraciously attentive to our changing culture,” Anna Wintour, editor of American Vogue, said of Mr. Lagerfeld when presenting him with the Outstanding Achievement Award at the British Fashion Awards in 2015.

(Read more at The New York Times)


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