As far as infallibility goes Karl Lagerfeld is as untouchable as God. The man could defecate in the street and no one would bat an eyelid…
He can pretty much say anything and get away with it, such is the aura of reverence which surrounds the prolific designer. Take for instance his view on fur:
“In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.” He justifies the fur industry through some warped Darwinism, preaching the benefits of “killing those beasts who would kill us if they could.’ Really Karl? Would a mink kill me if it could? I might as well kill it as a preemptive strike and wear its pelt as a warning against all other minks which wish me ill will. Somewhere Stella McCartney is quietly fuming.
How about his stance on anorexia?
“In France there are, I think, less than one per cent of people who are too skinny…There are nearly 30 per cent of young people who are too fat. So let’s take care of the zillions of the too fat before we talk about the percentage that’s left.”
Am I paranoid in thinking that “take care” is a euphemism for genocide?
How about the recession? “More like a cleaning up…It too was rotten anyway, so it had to be cleaned up,”
None to PC and bordering on irresponsible I’m sure I’m not alone in thinking “Karl Lagerfeld says the darndest things”.
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