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I hate amateurs. I hate unprofessional people. There are enough people who can do jobs decently that there's no reason that people who cannot do them decently [should] pretend to be great at it.

Karl Lagerfeld

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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
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Hamburg
Freie und Hansestadt
Karl Otto Lagerfeldt
Karl Otto Lagerfeld
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