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March 27, 2007

1107: "I don't like standard beauty – there is no beauty without strangeness."

Pete saved for me a recent New Yorker profile of the fan-flicking, dandy prince of fashion: Karl Lagerfeld. Chris and I are, well, obsessed with all things Lagerfeld. At age 68 (by his admission, but according to Wikipedia, he's closer to 73), he's a fantastically prolific designer, writer, photographer, and tireless devotee to the world of fashion. The article points out how most designers work and present in a jeans-and-t-shirt ensemble which is either to deflect criticism or imply being above the trivialness of clothing design, Lagerfeld always dresses to impress -- but never in a way that seems to compromise his unique creative vision. He might hiss disapprovingly under his breath when a model "has two kilos she should lose" but he's a perfectionist, and to say that he lives for fashion would be a gross understatement. He is fashion!

I particularly enjoyed this...

Edited to add: On the subject of beauty and strangeness... I was standing in line at Duane Reade this afternoon when the guy next to me glanced over at my purchases and laughed. I was buying two boxes of black hair dye and some SPF 45 sunscreen.

Posted by ashley at March 27, 2007 11:06 AM

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