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I try not to be sentimental and obsessive about possessions. I love collecting, but I hate owning.

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Karl Lagerfeld
Age: 85 †
Born: 1933
Born: September 10
Died: 2019
Died: February 19
Collector
Costume Designer
Dressmaker
Fashion Designer
Fashion Photographer
Film Director
Photographer
Postage Stamp Designer
Publisher
Hamburg
Freie und Hansestadt
Karl Otto Lagerfeldt
Karl Otto Lagerfeld
Karl-Otto Lagerfeld
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Collecting
Sentimental
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Hate
Trying
Love
Owning

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