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I always loved advertising. If I hadn't been in fashion, I'd have been in advertising.
Karl Lagerfeld
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Karl Lagerfeld
Age: 85 †
Born: 1933
Born: September 10
Died: 2019
Died: February 19
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Costume Designer
Dressmaker
Fashion Designer
Fashion Photographer
Film Director
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Postage Stamp Designer
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Hamburg
Freie und Hansestadt
Karl Otto Lagerfeldt
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