Born in Hamburg in 1938, Karl Lagerfeld emigrated to
Paris at the age of 14. He was to go on to become one of the most celebrated
designers this century has seen.
In 1955, at the age of just 17, Lagerfeld was awarded a position at Pierre
Balmain, after winning a competition sponsored by the International Wool
Secretariat (the coat he had designed for the contest was later put into
production by Balmain). In 1958, he left to take up a job with Jean Pa...read more »