Who is Karl Lagerfelds BFF?
An embittered ex-employee of Chanel creative director and living legend Karl Lagerfeld has written a tell-all book about the ever-quotable fashion designer, painting Lagerfeld as an inconscionable narcissist who “dumps people at the drop of a dime.” Arnaud Maillard was once an assistant to Karl Lagerfeld. While he claims to have learned a lot from the designer, he’s currently jobless and frustrated at having been let go without notice (he claims it was shortly after he expressed interest in a position at rival company Céline). Rightly so, it …
Karl Lagerfeld famously snubbed German model Heidi Klum a few weeks ago when a German newspaper, Bild, asked him whether he thought Klum was fit for the runway. He brushed off the question, saying, “I don’t know who Heidi Klum is. She was never known in France. Claudia Schiffer also doesn’t know who she is.” As if Claudia Schiffer, Karl’s longtime muse, is the be-all, end-all of fashion. But it looks like Karl plays favorites most of the time. He’s often photographed in the company of beautiful women – which leading ladies are Uncle Karl’s darlings?
