Comments on: Karl Lagerfeld: Creative destruction

By: Da Wang

Da Wang — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:08:37 +0000

who’s the publisher of this video clip? Where’s place of recording? Please help! I’m doing a bibliography of this video clip!

By: Periklis

Periklis — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:30:06 +0000

You did not get my point exactly. I agree with you on your point about collaborations. Marc Jacobs is doing a great job working in collaboration both with Robert Duffy on one hand and also with Arnault and Carcelle on the other. And the same is true for Lagerfeld when he does Chanel and Fendi. I wanted to say that being the greatest couturier alive, I would have expected Lagerfeld to recognize some issues that the fashion industry has, in both his interview and his documentary, rather than talking about diets, technology and saying it is what it is after all.

By: The Business of Fashion

The Business of Fashion — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:48:51 +0000

@Perikilis: That is a lot to digest and to be honest, it is not clear to me exactly what you are asking. I will say this, however: There are certainly issues in the fashion industry — anytime in the past when great strides have been made in the industry, they have been made by creative and business people working together. This is a business after all, and not an art. Both Marc Jacobs and Karl Lagerfeld understand that.

By: Periklis

Periklis — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:12:03 +0000

Following our discussion into London College of fashion and after watching Lagerfeld’s confidential and the interview as well as Marc Jacobs documentary by Loic Prigent I cant stop thinking of one thing. Karl is a myth for the fashion industry and as he said fashion is a place with many deficiencies. What I expected for Lagerfeld that I ve seen more from MJ’s part, is to acknowledge these defects that the industry has and instead of cultivating and embracing them, to solve them. Fashion editors fighting with designers and brands (and will never support again), brands that would never pay their employees/permanent interns, persons who don’t know anything about fashion and suddenly overnight they become experts and on the other hand charismatic designers like Hussein Chalayan , Christian Lacroix, Martin Margiela , Hedi Slimane that either go bankrupt or fired or don’t get a hall of fame. I do love fashion and I do appreciate its workings that to me are statements of art, rather than daily wear, but most probably I am going to end up as one of these unpaid people (at least for several months) that regret for loving this industry with the military discipline as Karl recalls because none apart from certain exceptions try to do something. Don’t know who should be the one to make this industry better The business minds like Arnault, Pinault and Rosso that I personally admire for what they did with their businesses and the BUSINESSES they decided to support; The influential creative figures behind the brands like MJ, Karl or Tom Ford: or the fashion magazines editors (which I personally doubt). Comment on this

By: The Business of Fashion

The Business of Fashion — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:38:47 +0000

Very interesting, indeed. He wouldn’t be the first designer to change his perspective on the importance of the Internet! Do tell, what is the TTalk panel?

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:59:44 +0000

Interesting. I found Karl tremendously resistant to change when I talked to him at the TTalk panel a year ago. He seems said he viewed the internet as a waste of time. And yet he makes such a fuss over being forward thinking. It seems such a contradiction