Karl’s quote of the day

Some observers have dared to question the Chanel maestro’s wide-ranging design dabbles, and Lagerfeld answered their criticism in an interview with Architectural Digest.

‘I can do whatever I want. Exclusivité is very démodé,’ he said. Crisp, uncompromising and more than a little haughty—classic Karl.

Lagerfeld explained that the collaboration came about because he wanted to design ‘glasses for my houses’. Consistent with his approach to interior décor, the 16-piece line consists of solely clear, black or opaque white designs. ‘I am a black-and-white person,’ he said. ‘Black-and-white always looks modern, whatever that word means.’

Plus, as he describes in the video below, ‘The white glass is like a freestanding geometrical cloud.’ We couldn’t put it better ourselves…

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