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Chanel: The Karl Lagerfeld Years

Nov 15, 2025 · 35.1K views

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DescriptionFor literally decades Karl's name was synonymous for Chanel, season after season his clothes, sets and accessories dominated the pages of fashion history, redefining the brand multiple times during his tenure. With only one hard about face in his entire tenure, most of the developments he introduced were slow, intentioMore
For literally decades Karl's name was synonymous for Chanel, season after season his clothes, sets and accessories dominated the pages of fashion history, redefining the brand multiple times during his tenure. With only one hard about face in his entire tenure, most of the developments he introduced were slow, intentional changes to keep the brand relevant over time. Unfortunately for his legacy he did pass away during a lull in popularity, however, it seems that in death his legacy was so great that that's barely remembered today (thankfully so!) 0:00 Introduction 0:41 Pre-Debut 6:02 Debut 12:33 Preparing for the Long Term 17:05 LVMH 27:21 Crosière and Metiers d'Art 31:58 An Unforeseen Change 36:43 Unlikeable Karl Beauty Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@underskinYT Patreon: patreon.com/understitch BUY MY BOOKS: ISABELLA BLOW BOOK: https://amzn.to/3ReT95M CHANEL BOOK: https://amzn.to/3WGDyi3 Unless otherwise obvious, photos in this video are from Getty Images or Alamy under their editorial terms used for non-commercial websites, blogs and social media posts illustrating matters of public interest.

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