Modemethode at the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany
Karl Lagerfeld is one of the world's most renowned fashion designers and widely celebrated as an icon of the zeitgeist. This is the first comprehensive exhibition to explore the fashion cosmos of this exceptional designer and, with it, to present an important chapter of the fashion history of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Karl Lagerfeld is known for injecting classic shapes with new life and for taking fashion into new directions. For the past sixty years, from 1955 to today, Lagerfeld's creations for the luxury houses such as Fendi, Chloe', Karl Lagerfeld and Chanel have consistently demonstrated his extraordinary feel for the 'now' - whether haute couture or pret-a-porter. 'Modemethode', Lagerfeld's 'fashion method', is his ambitious, all-encompassing approach: from the initial sketch to the finished garment, from the accessories, the architectural setting and music of the fashion shows, to the photographs and graphic design of press material, advertising, catalogues and window displays - every last little detail is devised by the designer himself. Curator of the exhibition Lady Amanda Harlech, media conference wednesday, 25 March 2015, 11 a.m.