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Karl Lagerfeld Supports Gay Marriage on Runway
By Brittny Drye
As the debate over same-sex marriage heats up in France, the French fashion world is making their voices heard. Last week, Elle released their Marriage for All issue, which proudly featured two beautiful brides gracing the cover. On Tuesday morning, noted fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld added his couture touch to the battle by closing Chanel’s Paris fashion show with two blushing brides, walking down the catwalk hand-in-hand, alongside Lagerfeld’s angelic nephew, four-year-old Hudson Kroenig (a frequent guest on Chanel runways).
Asked if his use of bridal couture at his show was designed to support gay marriage in France, Lagerfeld replied: &#;Of course it was.&#;
&#;I don&#;t even understand the debate. Since [in France] the church and state have been separate,&#; the German-born designer told The Associated Press. He said people who consider marriage a sacred religious union can maintain that tradition in their churches, temples, synagogues and mosq
Lagerfeld &#; Difficult, Elitist, Entitled&#; and Talented
&#;Kaiser&#; Karl-Otto Lagerfeld, as he was acknowledged, the biggest designate in fashion for half a century, died February 19 at the age of
In terms of fashion alter, there was Yves Saint Laurent with his game-changing innovations, even Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren, whose fabrics somehow became intrinsically woven into the fabric of people&#;s lives the world over. A contemporary of Saint Laurent&#;s, whom he outlived, Lagerfeld was already an established eminence in the business before either of the latter two. And he kept on working until the day he died, at the foremost of his game.
He designed a staggering 14 collections a year for various labels, including his own eponymous one, Fendi since , and, most prominently, Chanel, which he took over in , turning a dowdy, faded house known for dressing wealthy matrons into a $4 billion juggernaut. Nobody had the overwhelming world reach he possessed and for such an commanding length of day. In matters of style, for decades, he was simply &#;da Man,&#; and I will never forget the M
Was Karl Lagerfeld gay, married, bisexual?
Karl Lagerfeld was undeniably one of the kings of fashion until his death in , but who was he romantically involved with?
Karl Lagerfeld never officially came out as gay or multi-attracted , but was apparently in a relationship with socialite Jacques de Bascher, until Jacques&#; death in from complications from AIDS.
Both his mother and Jacque are buried in a chapel which is in the grounds of a dwelling that Lagerfeld owned, although Lagerfeld reportedly stopped going there after their deaths. He sold the dwelling in
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Karl and Jacques had a very close affair from the early 70s and were intimate for well over a decade.
The couple were never married, same-sex marriage was illegal in France until
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Rather strangely Lagerfeld did say that he once wanted to marry his cat if it were legal. The cat was named Choupette.
In the past, the artist admitted employing th
The problem with celebrating Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Lagerfeld is the subject of this year's Met Gala, the biggest fashion event of the year.
The designer, who died in at the age of 85, revolutionized the merger of hip-hop tradition and high fashion, dressing the who's who of the industry.
He was also a self-proclaimed “big mouth,” publicly sounding off with fatphobia. He spoke against gay men who yearn to adopt children, migrants, sexual assault survivors, the #MeToo movement and “ugly” people, without apology, according to an AP report.
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A look at the some of instances when Lagerfeld's comments drew a lot of criticism.
THE #METOO MOVEMENT
In , Lagerfeld said in the international fashion magazine Numéro that he was “fed up” with the effort to reveal sexual harassment, assault, misconduct and rape, states the AP report.
“What shocks me most in all of this are the starlets who have taken 20 years to think of what happened. Not to mention the fact there are no prosecution wi