As the creative director of Chanel from until his death, he oversaw every aspect of the fashion house's creative output, from designing collections to photographing advertising campaigns and arranging store displays.
He was instrumental in revitalizing the Chanel brand, helping it regain its position as one of the top fashion houses in the world.
He was also creative director of the Italian fur and leather goods fashion house Fendi , as well as his own eponymous fashion label. Throughout his career, he collaborated on numerous fashion, design, and art-related projects, and his photography was exhibited in galleries and collected in published volumes.
Lagerfeld was recognised for his signature white hair, black sunglasses, fingerless gloves, and high-starched detachable collars. During his travels, his father was present during the great San Francisco earthquake , escaping unharmed. When Lagerfeld's mother met his father, she was a lingerie saleswoman from Berlin. His parents married in Lagerfeld was known to misrepresent his birth year, claiming to be younger than his actual age and misrepresenting his parents' background.
In an interview on French television in February , Lagerfeld said he was "born neither in nor ". In April , he finally declared he was born in Later, his death record confirmed the same. His older sister, Martha Christiane "Christel", was born in Lagerfeld had an older half-sister, Theodora Dorothea "Thea", from his father's first marriage.
