'When you got back, did it feel like a rundown Versailles?' The author of a new biography on Karl Lagerfeld tells us about the heyday of fashion writing and his relationship with the legendary designer.
, who knew him starting in the early ’70s. Sandy Brant, who knew him in the ’70s. Sometimes people who were just close to him for a certain period. Stella Tennant, who was a really close model from ’96 until Karl died; or, who doesn’t even remember when she met Karl, but it was probably sometime in the ‘70s.
MIDDLETON: It’s natural if you’re close to a subject and you hear that someone wants to write a book about them, you ask, “Who is this person and what do they want to do?” It’s my responsibility to make the subject feel comfortable with the project. To be honest, I encountered resistance with Chanel. My contact [there] was chilly in our first meeting. It took a while for me to make it clear that I wanted to write a book that was serious.
BLACKMON: If I can softly push back on that, there also seemed to be a more prickly side to him. I know that friendships don’t last forever, but if you look at Karl’s social topography, there are some bodies there. Ines de la Fressange, they had a famous row. There wasand Pierre Berge. He could really cut you quick, then move on and never look back.
BLACKMON: Karl was one very astute commercial developer. The properties he did are almost an extension of his photography and designs. They’re pure works of art. I got so excitedabout going to Villa Jako in Hamburg in the book. That’s my favorite property of his.
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