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I like the discipline of well-cut, impeccable clothes. I think it's a very healthy discipline.

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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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Postage Stamp Designer
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Hamburg
Freie und Hansestadt
Karl Otto Lagerfeldt
Karl Otto Lagerfeld
Karl-Otto Lagerfeld
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