Karl Lagerfeld has been the creative force behind Chanel for more than 40 years, and at Fendi for more than half a century. It is safe to say, then, that he knows a lot, about fashion – but he is also the most cultured of men in that field more broadly, and he handles his wisdom with a lightness – read elegance – that is unprecedented. M Lagerfeld speaks and reads fluently in English, French and German. He read Thomas Mann’s Buddenbrooks when he was just six years…
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