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WHAT IS CHANEL WITHOUT KARL LAGERFELD? For more than three decades the Kaiser of the international fashion world developed a personal brand so remarkable that a Chanel show without his presence – slim-fitted suit, burst of white hair, darkened sunglasses – felt inconceivable. When he passed away in February, aged 85, he died as one of the industry’s most enduring icons. I learnt about his death from a unique vantage point – at London Fashion Week, where the news ricocheted through everybody’s iPhones and
