Karl Lagerfeld Books

When Dom Perignon asked Chanel's Karl Lagerfeld to capture his vision of a woman's sensual fantasies in a series of photographs for the champagne brand, Lagerfeld began by immersing himself in paintings, novels and films. In the end he found his visual inspiration in late-eighteenth-century drawings by Moreau the Younger and in Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon. His racy literary references include scenes from Colette's Cheri , featuring a young man in love with a former high-class courtesan, and from Laclos' Dangerous Liaisons . Without hesitation Lagerfeld chose Helena Christensen as his heroine. "I couldn't imagine using any one else." And Christensen says of the shoot, "There was a slightly erotic feeling in the air, but handled with extreme elegance. It's a bit like describing the feeling champagne gives you."

The ultimate repertoire of wit and wisdom from fashion's 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 éminence grise of the fashion world. Lagerfeld's 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 Lagerfeld's maxims is required reading for us all today as we negotiate the trickiest curves of modern life. Cultivated, unpredictable, provocative, sometimes shocking, Lagerfeld's 'bons mots' are always impossible to ignore. Jean-Christophe Napias is an author, translator and editor of books on dandies, dance music and camp culture. Sandrine Gulbenkian is director of Parigramme, a Parisian publishing house. Patrick Mauriès is a writer and publisher of many notable titles on fashion and design, including Jewelry by Chanel, also published by Thames & Hudson.

Karl Lagerfeld has run Chanel for the last 24 years, with Lady Amanda Harlech at his side for half of that time in the role of a personal and professional muse. Visions and Decision , their second collaborative book, combines Lagerfeld's black-and-white photographs of Claudia Schiffer, Brad Kroenig and Sebastien Jondeau from a 1993 Dom Pérignon Oenothèque advertising campaign with a story by Harlech. Her tale charts the sensual fantasies of a young bachelor, Ghyslain, and Malvina, his bride-to-be; he is charming and ruthless, she is beautiful and demure. "This is a story of a young, handsome, old-money couple," explains Lagerfeld. "Everything is perfect, they're just a little bored." With Dom Pérignon as the catalyst, Ghyslain fantasizes about transforming his prim fiancée into a cast of seductive characters. Harlech's darkly humorous sensibility, which informs the Chanel aesthetic, is pitch perfect in this story of decadent ennui and passive seduction. Modeled on a traditional fairy-tale book with a title plaque embossed in silver, a black cloth bookmark and silver printing throughout, Visions and a Decision is perhaps not without a playful moral. Suppressing our desires is a dangerous thing; liberating them could be the beginning of a delectable existence.

Choupette ist die berühmteste Katze der Welt – und die verwöhnteste: Sie hat eigene Angestellte, wird manikürt und bekommt ihre Mahlzeiten nur auf Tellern der Nobelmarken Goyard und Vuitton serviert. Nun kommt ihr erstes Buch heraus. „Choupette by Karl Lagerfeld“ umfasst eine Auswahl von Polaroids, die Karl Lagerfeld täglich von seiner geliebten Katze und Muse macht. Choupette genießt ihr Luxusleben in vollen Zügen – und das zeigt sie auch: Wir sehen sie auf einem Bücherstapel sitzend, zusammengerollt im Waschbecken des Badezimmers, und natürlich vor dem Spiegel. Dieses Buch ist ein liebevoller und verspielter Blick in die prachtvolle Welt von Choupette. Ob sie einer weiteren Publikation ihrer Porträts zustimmen wird, ist aber noch nicht entschieden: »Ich denke ans Geschäft«, sagt Karl Lagerfeld, »sie tut das nicht.«

„There was something in Capri, in its most wild, most solitary, most dramatic part, where the island, nearly human, becomes ferocious, where nature expresses itself with a cruel and incomparable strength, an extremely pure and linear promontory, which tore up the sea with its cutting claw. No place in Italy has such a wide horizon to stare at, nor such a depth of feeling. A site only for strong men and for free spirits. Here, in this wilderness, I am the first one who will build a house.“ Few modern buildings embody antique beauty and mythical magic like Casa Malaparte, designed by the controversial Italian journalist, poet and novelist Curzio Malaparte in 1937 as a home for himself. Karl Lagerfeld visited the site for five days in November 1997 and took a series of Polaroids, which were subsequently transferred to Arches mold-made paper and published in book form by Steidl in 1998. This sought-after classic is finally available again in a new edition. „A house like me!“ Curzio Malaparte

For decades the king of Paris fashion, Karl Lagerfeld is an artist whose work comes to life in front of the camera. But what happens when this legendary designer steps behind the lens? Magic, mystery, and more, as is evidenced by this volume of beautiful, sensual, and imaginative images that reveals an entirely new dimension to Lagerfeld’s genius. Spanning all aspects of the genre from classic to avant-garde, these photographs—many of which have never before been published—recall the work of Atget, Richter, and Peter Lindbergh. Scenes of Paris streets and buildings, fashion models, celebrities, nudes, still-lives, and other objects of beauty provide insight into Lagerfeld’s aesthetic. And his discerning eye captures the life of high fashion, while also possessing a reverence for the unexpected moment. Known for his exacting demands when designing and producing clothing, Lagerfeld is an equally precise photographer. His technical skills, use of lighting, and sense of composition rival that of his most accomplished contemporaries. Anyone new to the talents of Karl Lagerfeld will discover a practiced and often surprising sensibility, while his many fans will delight in the designer’s newest collection, one that exposes him truly to be a man of many talents.

In this, Karl Lagerfeld's second Stern Fotografie portfolio, he focuses exclusively on his muse, supermodel Claudia Schiffer. The fashion master has been photographing the legend - ary beauty for twenty years now. For the first time he shares his favor - ite images to date in this fascinating collection. By turns provocative, elegant, and intimate, Lagerfeld captures Schiffer's many moods. Join us as we discover intriguing aspects to two of fashion's most powerful personalities. Text in English and German Six different covers available. SELLING POINTS: A creative collaboration between fashion's top designer and supermodel A real collector's item with six different covers 50 colour & b/w photographs

This volume collects new architectural photographs by Karl Lagerfeld, who has now amassed a spectacular oeuvre in this field, including, among others, his superb images of recent and celebrated buildings by Zaha Hadid (one of his favorite architects working today) and Tadao Ando. Central to Lagerfeld's approach are the architectonic details of these buildings; the title Konkret Abstrakt Gesehen ( Concrete Seen Abstractly ) conveys this guiding premise of his vision. For he sees architecture as not only functional, but as a source of abstract pattern, forms, lines and textures, defined by light in space, and as an epitome of durability. As Lagerfeld has stated, "We need houses as we need clothes, but even more so and they have to last longer. That is why the cycles of architecture's evolutions are so much longer." In photographing the buildings he loves, however, Lagerfeld's ultimate aim is not primarily to document the structures he surveys, but to re-conceive them for and in photographic form. Konkret Abstrakt Gesehen is the latest chapter in Lagerfeld's ongoing photographic interpretation of architecture, previously documented in such books as Schlo hotel , Modern Italian Architecture and Villa Jako , all published by Steidl.

This work is a reinterpretation of Chanel’s iconic little black jacket by Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld. Lagerfeld has modernized the jacket, making it a versatile piece suitable for all genders and ages. The book features Lagerfeld’s photographs of various celebrities showcasing the jacket with their unique styles—sometimes classic, sometimes irreverent, but always embodying Chanel. Notable figures include Claudia Schiffer, Uma Thurman, Kanye West, Tilda Swinton, Baptiste Giabiconi, Yoko Ono, and Sarah Jessica Parker. This collection highlights the remarkable adaptability of Chanel’s vision under Lagerfeld's artistry, ensuring the little black jacket remains a timeless classic. Karl Lagerfeld, a renowned fashion designer and photographer, started his photography career in 1987 and has received numerous accolades, including the Lucky Strike Design Award and the ICP Trustees Award at the International Center of Photography’s Infinity Awards in 2007. His exhibitions include “Konkret Abstrakt Gesehen” and “Metamorphoses of an American.” Steidl has published many of his works, such as Casa Malaparte and The Beauty of Violence. Carine Roitfeld, a prominent fashion writer and stylist, served as editor-in-chief of French Vogue from 2001 to 2011 and has collaborated with various designers, including Tom Ford. Her book Irreverent was published in 2011.