Karl Lagerfeld Kl
2010s French Cuff Bracelets
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Late 20th Century French Chain Necklaces
1980s French Day Dresses
1980s French Cocktail Dresses
1990s French Renaissance Pendant Necklaces
21st Century and Contemporary American Beaded Necklaces
Jade, 14k Gold, Sterling Silver
Vintage 1980s French Brooches
Base Metal
Vintage 1980s French Neoclassical Clip-on Earrings
1990s French Clip-on Earrings
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1980s French Art Nouveau Cuff Bracelets
Silver Plate
1990s Brooches
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1980s French Brooches
Silver Plate
20th Century French Brooches
Vintage 1980s French Modern Cuff Bracelets
Enamel
20th Century German Mantle Coats
Vintage 1980s French Modern Cuff Bracelets
Enamel
Vintage 1980s French Clip-on Earrings
Pearl, Gold Plate
Late 20th Century French Modern Photography
Wood, Paper
20th Century French Hoop Earrings
Gilt Metal
20th Century French Hoop Earrings
Gilt Metal
20th Century French Brooches
Gilt Metal
1990s French Cocktail Dresses
20th Century French Chain Necklaces
Gilt Metal
20th Century French Chain Necklaces
20th Century French Dangle Earrings
20th Century French Chain Necklaces
Vintage 1980s French Chain Necklaces
24k Gold, Gold Plate
20th Century French Brooches
Gilt Metal
1980s French Jackets
20th Century French Charm Bracelets
Gilt Metal
1990s French Byzantine Multi-Strand Necklaces
2010s Portuguese T-Shirts
20th Century Pendant Necklaces
1990s French Clip-on Earrings
1990s French Cuff Bracelets
Gold, Enamel, Gilt Metal
Late 20th Century French Modern Chain Necklaces
Gold Plate
20th Century French Chain Necklaces
Early 2000s French Modernist Chain Necklaces
Enamel
Vintage 1980s French Clip-on Earrings
Vintage 1980s French Classical Greek Clip-on Earrings
Vintage 1980s French Modern Clip-on Earrings
Vintage 1980s French Art Nouveau Dangle Earrings
Gold Plate
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1980s French Rococo Brooches
24k Gold, Gold Plate
1990s French Clip-on Earrings
1990s French Baroque Brooches
24k Gold, Gold Plate
Vintage 1980s French Drop Necklaces
Gilt Metal
1990s French Romantic Brooches
20th Century French Brooches
Vintage 1980s French Romantic Charm Bracelets
24k Gold, Gold Plate
20th Century French Cuff Bracelets
1990s French Modern Link Necklaces
Brass
20th Century French Dangle Earrings
Gilt Metal
20th Century French Brooches
Gilt Metal
20th Century French Brooches
Gilt Metal
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1980s French Modernist Charm Bracelets
Gold Plate, Enamel
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Gilt Metal
20th Century French Dangle Earrings
Gilt Metal
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Karl Lagerfeld for sale on 1stDibs
More than a mere tastemaker, Karl Lagerfeld devoted himself to the continual pursuit of chic. “My life and my job,” the designer once said, “is to forget myself.” During his five-decade career designing shoes, handbags, evening dresses and other items for Chanel, Fendi, Chloé and many others, Lagerfeld was a quintessential chameleon, ever evolving to embody the times.
An outsize, instantly recognizable personality — his ponytail powdered like an 18th-century viscount, his eyes perpetually shielded by dark glasses, wearing fistfuls of chunky silver jewels — Lagerfeld was, above all, an avatar of style.
Born in Hamburg (in 1933, ’35, or ’38 by varying accounts), Karl Lagerfeld packed his bags for Paris in 1954. His design for a coat won him the International Wool Secretariat and landed him a job with the celebrated couturier Pierre Balmain. He went on to become the designer of Jean Patou, eventually realizing that his seemingly endless ideas could fuel a career as a designer-for-hire. As such, Lagerfeld lent his vision to everyone from Loewe and Max Mara to Krizia and Charles Jourdan, nimbly moving among a diverse range of styles. It was an unprecedented way of working in the days when freelance was still a dirty word.
During the late ’60s and ’70s, he refashioned Chloé to reflect the free spirit of the day and, beginning in 1965, joined forces with the Fendi family, taking it from sleepy furrier to fashion’s haute-est stratum. Because of his track record for reviving and reimagining brands that had grown stagnant, in 1983 Lagerfeld was handed the reins at Chanel, which had been gathering dust since its founder’s heyday.
From Lagerfeld's first Chanel collection, he injected the venerable house with a frisson of modernity. He riffed on its iconography — tweed skirt suits, pearls, camellias — accenting a lexicon of Chanel-isms with tastes of the moment. Despite producing eight collections a year for Chanel, as well as four to five for Fendi, Lagerfeld never faltered in proposing new ideas each time he put pencil to paper.
Lagerfeld’s collections for Chanel, in particular, displayed his knack for synthesizing old and new, high and low. From Watteau (Spring/Summer 1985 couture) and Serge Roche (Spring/Summer 1990 ready-to-wear) to hip-hop fly girls (Fall/Winter 1991 ready-to-wear), surfers (Spring/Summer 2003 ready-to-wear) and ancient Egypt (Pre-Fall 2019), Lagerfeld used each season’s inspiration to conceive Chanel’s signatures anew.
Browse a collection of sophisticated designs by Karl Lagerfeld on 1stDibs, including handbags and evening gowns for Chanel, vintage cocktail dresses for Chloé and more.