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A sense of humour and a little lack of respect: That's what you need to make a legend survive.
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
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Fashion Designer
Fashion Photographer
Film Director
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Hamburg
Freie und Hansestadt
Karl Otto Lagerfeldt
Karl Otto Lagerfeld
Karl-Otto Lagerfeld
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Nothing scares me more than people with some doll collection.
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In fact, I don't even know myself. That is the big secret of the story. That there is no story.
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I don't care if people I admire criticize me because their opinion is valuable to me.
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