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Karl Lagerfeld For Chloe 1964

1970s Karl Lagerfield for Chloe Black Victoriana Silk Lace Skirt
1970s Karl Lagerfield for Chloe Black Victoriana Silk Lace Skirt

1970s Karl Lagerfield for Chloe Black Victoriana Silk Lace Skirt

By Karl Lagerfeld, Chloé

Located in London, GB

This late 1970s to early 1980s black silk taffeta 'Victoriana' skirt is by Chloe and made to almost couture standards. Throughout the fashion House's history, Chloe has always subsc...

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Karl Lagerfeld Original Fashion Sketch Colored Pencil Drawing B-124
Karl Lagerfeld Original Fashion Sketch Colored Pencil Drawing B-124

Karl Lagerfeld Original Fashion Sketch Colored Pencil Drawing B-124

By Karl Lagerfeld

Located in Minneapolis, MN

Most notably working with Chloé in 1964 and Fendi in 1965. By the 1980s, Lagerfeld was already a major star in the fashion industry, going from one label to another, followed by suc...

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Karl Lagerfeld Original Fashion Sketch Colored Pencil Drawing 2064 Laura
Karl Lagerfeld Original Fashion Sketch Colored Pencil Drawing 2064 Laura

Karl Lagerfeld Original Fashion Sketch Colored Pencil Drawing 2064 Laura

By Karl Lagerfeld

Located in Minneapolis, MN

Most notably working with Chloé in 1964 and Fendi in 1965. By the 1980s, Lagerfeld was already a major star in the fashion industry, going from one label to another, followed by suc...

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Karl Lagerfeld Original Fashion Sketch Ink Drawing with Marker B27
Karl Lagerfeld Original Fashion Sketch Ink Drawing with Marker B27

Karl Lagerfeld Original Fashion Sketch Ink Drawing with Marker B27

By Karl Lagerfeld

Located in Minneapolis, MN

Most notably working with Chloé in 1964 and Fendi in 1965. By the 1980s, Lagerfeld was already a major star in the fashion industry, going from one label to another, followed by suc...

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Karl Lagerfeld Original Fashion Sketch Ink Pen with Marker Drawing Art
Karl Lagerfeld Original Fashion Sketch Ink Pen with Marker Drawing Art

Karl Lagerfeld Original Fashion Sketch Ink Pen with Marker Drawing Art

By Karl Lagerfeld

Located in Minneapolis, MN

Most notably working with Chloé in 1964 and Fendi in 1965. By the 1980s, Lagerfeld was already a major star in the fashion industry, going from one label to another, followed by suc...

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Karl Lagerfeld Original Fashion Sketch Ink Pen with Marker Drawing Danka
Karl Lagerfeld Original Fashion Sketch Ink Pen with Marker Drawing Danka

Karl Lagerfeld Original Fashion Sketch Ink Pen with Marker Drawing Danka

By Karl Lagerfeld

Located in Minneapolis, MN

Most notably working with Chloé in 1964 and Fendi in 1965. By the 1980s, Lagerfeld was already a major star in the fashion industry, going from one label to another, followed by suc...

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Late 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Karl Lagerfeld Original Fashion Ink Pen with Marker and Fabric Drawing 666
Karl Lagerfeld Original Fashion Ink Pen with Marker and Fabric Drawing 666

Karl Lagerfeld Original Fashion Ink Pen with Marker and Fabric Drawing 666

By Karl Lagerfeld

Located in Minneapolis, MN

Most notably working with Chloé in 1964 and Fendi in 1965. By the 1980s, Lagerfeld was already a major star in the fashion industry, going from one label to another, followed by suc...

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Karl Lagerfeld Original Fashion Sketch Ink Drawing with Fabric Swatch 917 Lela
Karl Lagerfeld Original Fashion Sketch Ink Drawing with Fabric Swatch 917 Lela

Karl Lagerfeld Original Fashion Sketch Ink Drawing with Fabric Swatch 917 Lela

By Karl Lagerfeld

Located in Minneapolis, MN

Most notably working with Chloé in 1964 and Fendi in 1965. By the 1980s, Lagerfeld was already a major star in the fashion industry, going from one label to another, followed by suc...

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Late 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Karl Lagerfeld Set of 2 Original Fashion Sketches Pencil Drawing T-61 & X67
Karl Lagerfeld Set of 2 Original Fashion Sketches Pencil Drawing T-61 & X67

Karl Lagerfeld Set of 2 Original Fashion Sketches Pencil Drawing T-61 & X67

By Karl Lagerfeld

Located in Minneapolis, MN

Most notably working with Chloé in 1964 and Fendi in 1965. By the 1980s, Lagerfeld was already a major star in the fashion industry, going from one label to another, followed by suc...

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Karl Lagerfeld Set of 2 Original Fashion Sketches Ink Drawing T-34 & 416
Karl Lagerfeld Set of 2 Original Fashion Sketches Ink Drawing T-34 & 416

Karl Lagerfeld Set of 2 Original Fashion Sketches Ink Drawing T-34 & 416

By Karl Lagerfeld

Located in Minneapolis, MN

Most notably working with Chloé in 1964 and Fendi in 1965. By the 1980s, Lagerfeld was already a major star in the fashion industry, going from one label to another, followed by suc...

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Karl Lagerfeld Original Fashion Sketch Ink Pen with Marker Drawing 441
Karl Lagerfeld Original Fashion Sketch Ink Pen with Marker Drawing 441

Karl Lagerfeld Original Fashion Sketch Ink Pen with Marker Drawing 441

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On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate vintage or contemporary karl lagerfeld for chloe 1964 for your needs in our varied inventory. black is a pretty popular color, but we also have more in stock now. Finding the perfect karl lagerfeld for chloe 1964 may mean sifting through those that were made during different time periods — popular versions were made as early as the 20th Century and a newer one, made as recently as the 20th Century, can also be found on the site. Making an accessory such as this has likely been a part of the legacy of many fashion designers, but those produced by Chloé and Karl Lagerfeld are consistently popular.

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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.

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