Karl Lagerfeld muere a los 85 años de edad

El mundo de la moda no volverá a ser el mismo luego de la muerte de Karl Lagerfeld.

El legendario diseñador alemán Karl Lagerfeld, falleció este martes a los 85 años de edad.

Lagerfeld, quien fue considerado uno de los hombres más influyentes de la segunda mitad del siglo XX, debió su fama en gran medida a la marca CHANEL, ya que fue director de diversas creaciones para la empresa francesa.

“Con gran tristeza la casa CHANEL anuncia el fallecimiento de Karl Lagerfeld, el director creativo de ‘CHANEL Fashion House’ desde 1983”, publicó la firma como homenaje al fallecido.

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It is with deep sadness that the House of CHANEL announces the passing of Karl Lagerfeld, the Creative Director for the CHANEL Fashion House since 1983. An extraordinary creative individual, Karl Lagerfeld reinvented the brand’s codes created by Gabrielle Chanel: the CHANEL jacket and suit, the little black dress, the precious tweeds, the two-tone shoes, the quilted handbags, the pearls and costume jewelry. Regarding Gabrielle Chanel, he said, “My job is not to do what she did, but what she would have done. The good thing about Chanel is it is an idea you can adapt to many things.” A prolific creative mind with endless imagination, Karl Lagerfeld explored many artistic horizons, including photography and short films. The House of CHANEL benefited from his talent for all the branding campaigns related to Fashion since 1987. Finally, one cannot refer to Karl Lagerfeld without mentioning his innate sense of repartee and self-mockery. Alain Wertheimer, CEO of CHANEL, said: “Thanks to his creative genius, generosity and exceptional intuition, Karl Lagerfeld was ahead of his time, which widely contributed to the House of CHANEL’s success throughout the world. Today, not only have I lost a friend, but we have all lost an extraordinary creative mind to whom I gave carte blanche in the early 1980s to reinvent the brand.” Bruno Pavlovsky, President of Fashion at CHANEL, said: “Fashion show after fashion show, collection after collection, Karl Lagerfeld left his mark on the legend of Gabrielle Chanel and the history of the House of CHANEL. He steadfastly promoted the talent and expertise of CHANEL’s ateliers and Métiers d’Art, allowing this exceptional know-how to shine throughout the world. The greatest tribute we can pay today is to continue to follow the path he traced by – to quote Karl – ‘continuing to embrace the present and invent the future’.” Virginie Viard, Director of CHANEL’s Fashion Creation Studio and Karl Lagerfeld’s closest collaborator for more than 30 years, has been entrusted by Alain Wertheimer with the creative work for the collections, so that the legacy of Gabrielle Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld can live on.

Una publicación compartida de CHANEL (@chanelofficial) el 19 Feb, 2019 a las 5:59 PST

Aunque el mundo de la moda llora por la pérdida de uno de sus iconos más notables, en las redes sociales, especialmente las de México, han empezado a hacer burla de Lagerfeld.

Usuarios han realizado comparaciones físicas entre Lagerfeld y la fallecida Chavela Vargas.

“No creí que Chavela Vargas se pudiera morir dos veces”, comentan en las redes.

¿Karl Lagerfeld?
No creí que Chavela Vargas se pudiera morir dos veces. pic.twitter.com/x9ErKMGnLU

— mckeemax⚜ (@mckeemax) 19 de febrero de 2019

Qué rara foto de Chavela Vargas. pic.twitter.com/56KqX4r36o

— Antonio Ortuño (@AntonioOrtugno) 19 de febrero de 2019

Sin duda alguna el deceso del alemán ha impactado hasta a las nuevas generaciones.