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The Little Black Jacket

The Little Black Jacket

Chanel's Classic Revisited

by Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld
Publication Date: 01/10/2012

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This is the new edition of Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld's reinterpretation of Chanel's iconic little black jacket, expanded by 21 new photographs. For the first edition which was awarded as on of the most beautiful books made in Germany in 2012, Lagerfeld had redesigned the jacket, transforming it into a modern, adaptable garment to be worn by both sexes of all ages. The book contains Lagerfeld's photographs of celebrities wearing the jacket with individual flair sometimes classic, sometimes irreverent, but always Chanel and each of the protagonists styled by Carine Roitfeld. A range of accomplished actors, musicians, designers, models, writers and directors gets the little black jacket treatment, including Claudia Schiffer, Uma Thurman, Kanye West, Tilda Swinton, Baptiste Giabiconi, Yoko Ono and Sarah Jessica Parker. The project which is accompanied by a number of exhibitions around the world underlines the astounding versatility of Chanel's vision in Lagerfeld's hands and ensures this specific jackets future as a timeless classic.
ISBN:
9783869304465
9783869304465
Category:
Individual photographers
Publication Date:
01-10-2012
Language:
English
Publisher:
Steidl Publishers
Country of origin:
Germany
Pages:
238
Dimensions (mm):
406x305x76mm
Weight:
3.08kg
Karl Lagerfeld

Karl Lagerfeld (1938–2019) was a fashion designer, photographer and publisher. Throughout his photographic career Lagerfeld received the Lucky Strike Design Award from the Raymond Loewy Foundation, the cultural prize from the German Photographic Society, and the ICP Trustees Award from the International Center of Photography.

Steidl has published most of Lagerfeld’s books, including A Portrait of Dorian Gray (2004), Room Service (2006), The Beauty of Violence (2010), The Little Black Jacket(2012), Villa Noailles, Hyères–Été 1995 (2015) and Cassina as seen by Karl (2018).

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