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H e is also a photographer. she has attracted a following of over 45,000
He photographed Mariah twitter fans, published a book, Choupette:
Carey for the cover of V The Private Life of a High-Flying Fashion Cat,
magazine and in addition to makes frequent appearances in Lagerfeld
his editorial work for Harper’s Bazaar, Numéro, photo shoots, and has her image on accessories
and Russian and German editions of Vogue, in the Lagerfeld line.
Lagerfeld photographs advertising campaigns Lagerfeld is dedicated to his work. “I do my
for the houses under his direction—Chanel, job like I breathe — so if I can’t breathe I’m in “I want everyone to wear
Fendi, and the Karl Lagerfeld line. trouble.” Still breathing, he eats well, doesn’t what they want and mix it in
drink, and keeps on producing. In 2015 he their own way. That, to me, is
Though he has never married, he had a long- opened the first Karl Lagerfeld store at Lagoona what is modern.”
term relationship from the early 70s with Mall in Doha, Qatar and this year his fun Fall
socialite Jacques de Bascher until Bascher’s prêt-a-porter line features neo tuxedos and -Karl Lagerfeld
death in 1989. Now he says he is in love with cocktail dresses mixed with metallic brocades
his cat. He claims if he could marry, he would and minaudière’s signed “With love from Karl.”
marry his latest protégé, the red point Birman The man who once aspired to be a “one-man
cat named Choupette, were it legal. Choupette multinational fashion phenomenon” has
was born August 15, 2011 and was given to clearly achieved his goal.
him by French model Baptiste Giabiconi. She
has two minders who take care of her every
need. Her first media appearance was made on
Twitter in 2012 @ChoupettesDiary. Since then
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