Robin Abcarian: Why the Met Gala's wild tribute to Karl Lagerfeld was serious business
The late Karl Lagerfeld once told me to ditch my glasses. "You're pretty," he said. "They hide your eyes." He also told me a story about a client of his, a very rich woman, not very attractive, with one droopy eye. She addressed this "problem" by wearing hugely expensive diamond earrings, thus diverting attention from her face. Yes, fashion designers can be very, very shallow. But as Monday's ...
The late Karl Lagerfeld once told me to ditch my glasses.
"You're pretty," he said. "They hide your eyes."
He also told me a story about a client of his, a very rich woman, not very attractive, with one droopy eye. She addressed this "problem" by wearing hugely expensive diamond earrings, thus diverting attention from her face.
Yes, fashion designers can be very, very shallow.
But as Monday's in honor of Lagerfeld showed, his imprint on the fashion world was profound. It has outlasted him, and it will undoubtedly outlast us all.
