Lagerfeld lied about his autobiography?

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

French fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld is suing British writer Alicia Drake for violating privacy, according to the British newspaper The Times. Drake published a book of the lives of Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent in the 70s of the last century. It took the writer six years to find out the biography of the fashion designer, who all his life tried to surround himself with mystery and myths.

The book is titled "The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris", which means "Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris." It is about the long-term enmity between Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent. The two entered the fashion industry at the same time, in 1954, when one was twenty-one and the other eighteen. Both then won the fashion design competition. Although the designers had different circles of communication, once, according to the story of Alicia Drake, they had a common lover.

The author of the book claims that Lagerfeld has significantly embellished his official biography. The designer always said that he was born in 1938. However, German journalists managed to track down his metric, which indicates that the couturier was born in 1933. According to the fashion designer, his childhood was spent in a large castle, with many servants around. He claimed that he had a separate bike for each day of the week.

Drake writes that in fact his childhood was spent in a modest mansion in the suburbs of Hamburg. “Everything that surrounded him in childhood was gray, flat, colorless,” says her book.

"Karl walked with an important gait in high heels."

Alicia says that in the sixties, Lagerfeld spent his time mostly in Parisian cafes and an outdoor pool. “People with open mouths watched as Karl walked up the edge of the pool in a one-piece swimsuit and high heels.

According to Lagerfeld, this book is based more on speculation and invention than fact. The judgment in this case is expected to be delivered in January 2007. The fashion designer demands to pay him 35 thousand euros in compensation.