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- Birth nameKarl Otto Lagerfeldt
- Height5′ 10¾″ (1.80 m)
- Karl Lagerfeld was born on September 10, 1933 in Hamburg, Germany. He was a costume designer and actor, known for The Valet (2006), Reincarnation (2014) and The Tale of a Fairy (2011). He died on February 19, 2019 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Always wears sunglasses in public
- Carries an Oriental fan
- Although he states he was born in 1938, a Catholic baptismal record indicate his date of birth as 10 September 1933.
- Among his favorite models in the past were Claudia Schiffer and Stella Tennant.
- Said on Larry King Live (1985) that he stopped celebrating his birthdays when he turned 30.
- Son of Otto Lagerfeld, a businessman from Hamburg, who founded Glücksklee-Milch GmbH, a company selling evaporated milk.
- Topped "Stern" magazine's list searching Germany's most important designer (2007).
- Catherine Princess of Wales has a nice silhouette and she is the right girl for that boy (Prince William of Wales). I like that kind of woman, I like romantic beauties. On the other hand, her sister (Pippa Middleton) struggles. I don't like the sister's face. She should only show her back.
- [on Meryl Streep after she rejected the Chanel dress made for her to wear at the Oscars] After we gift her a dress that's 100,000 Euros [$105,000], we found later we had to pay [for her to wear it]. We give them dresses, we make the dresses, but we don't pay. (...) She could keep the [rejected] dress because of the size. It's couture. It's perfect for her. (...) A genius actress, but cheapness also, no? [Feb. 23, 2017]
- I'm very much down to earth, just not this earth.
- I am puritan at heart, very much so - probably a self-preservation instinct or something like that. I'm hopelessly strait-laced. I've never drunk alcohol or smoked or took drugs. I've always been a bit of an outsider. That's why it's been easier for me to survive than for some others.
- I'm a kind of fashion nymphomaniac who never gets an orgasm.
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