He turns out 20 collections a year, manages a vast musical library, has an opinion on absolutely everything (some enlightening, some not so much), and yet, Karl Lagerfeld has admitted he lacks a very basic skill: he is unable to drive.
Though this will come as no surprise to many - who will find it hard to imagine Herr Lagerfeld ever putting his hands to anything as mundane as actually steering a wheel the truth is he did once learn to drive, he was just so bad at it that he had to give it up.
Ordinary things for ordinary people - clearly, for Karl, are nothing short of extraordinary.
Read what Karl Lagerfeld has to say about being the most powerful man in fashion'