On Monday evening Karl Lagerfeld previewed his new short film, The Tale of a Fairy after sparing no expense at the debut of his Chanel Cruise Collection fashion show in Cap d’Antibes; in the South of France.

Starring Freja Beha, his muse, as the fairy (of course!), Lagerfeld describes it as:

A movie about an ill-advised use of money which begins with violence and ends with feeling.

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Uncle Karl designs another fab set of limited edition bottles for Diet Coke. Apparently the Kaiser lost all that weight (90 lbs to be exact) by drinking nothing but diet coke and eating steamed veggies. He is even rumored to have his own private “Diet Coke” butler. If that is true, then *Rolls Eyes* (lol) The well-known Cola brand clearly has a soft spot for fashion and has launched “design” collaborations with Matthew Williamson, Gianfranco Ferre, Marni and Roberto Cavalli in the past.

The ‘Diet Coke Limited Edition Collection by Karl Lagerfeld‘ bottles (nicknamed “Love It Light”) will feature his signature ponytailed silhouette and will sell individually and as a set in a prism-shaped Collector’s Box. Available in June! Stay fashionably tuned…

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Chanel – Spring Summer 2011-Paris

Part II

Oh how we just heart Karl Lagerfeld and his over the top extravagance! Just in case you missed the Chanel Spring 2011 runway show at the top of FDA for the past few weeks, here is your guilty pleasure all over again! Although we love Chanel, it is the spectacle of it all that lures us to the digital front row.

All Hail King Karl!

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The International Herald Tribune is hosting its 10th annual luxury conference in London, where Suzy Menkes grilled Karl Lagerfeld earlier today for his thoughts on himself, his fellow designers, and his legacy. A few highlights, below.

On who the real Karl Lagerfeld is: “I am a cocktail.”

On the current Hermes situation: “If you don’t want to be taken over, don’t put your business in the public market. Stay private like Chanel.”

On designing: “I love my job. I have no idea of what it means to take yourself seriously. You have to be detached.”

On the pecking order at Chanel: “Nobody tells me what to do at Chanel . . . I am there to be used. I like to be used but only in the way I think I should be used.”

On his legacy: “I was the blueprint for Tom Ford at Gucci, Alber Elbaz at Lanvin . . .”

On ego: “People think I’m on an ego trip but I’m not. I can get out of people what they want to express but can’t.”

On how he embraces the digital world: “If you are against ‘digital’ in the world of today, you are lost . . . I don’t use computers so much — they do what your brain is meant to do. But they are beautiful.”

On taking from the past to translate for the future: “if you want to revive something you can’t do it with respect. That’s the kiss of death . . . You can only build if you destroy . . . I have no archives, I keep nothing. Other people can do that for me. I like now.”

On his longevity: “I never think of what’s going on after me. I never think of what’s next. I only think of the moment.”

On the recent onslaught of Chanel films: “I don’t like the movies about Coco Chanel.”

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