Karl Lagerfeld Hates You!
By Manolo the ShoebloggerManolo says, the evidence seems incontrovertible, Karl Lagerfeld Hates You!
Curvy women have no place on the catwalk, iconic German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld was quoted as saying, after a fashion magazine said it was banning skinny models in favour of “real women”.
“No one wants to see curvy women,” Lagerfeld was quoted as saying on the website of news magazine Focus on Sunday.
“You’ve got fat mothers with their bags of chips sitting in front of the television and saying that thin models are ugly,” he added.
The world of fashion is about “dreams and illusions”, he said, dismissing as “absurd” the debate prompted by Brigitte magazine which said it would no longer feature professional models on its pages.
“Surely,” you are saying to yourself, “Karl was not referring to me. I mean, I like potato chips, and am a little bit curvy, but still he doesn’t hate me, right?”
No, it is you (and cuddly furry animals) that Karl hates the most!
In fact, it is much worse that you imagine: Karl Lagerfeld hates you and loves…CLOGS!!!
The Kaiser has spoken, and evidenced from yesterday’s Chanel show, the word is clogs. While I myself love them, they can be a bit awkward to actually walk in and somewhat “Hey guys, wait up!” when it comes to cruising quickly on your feet through city streets. But really, what’s going on here? What was once reserved for surgeons in the O.R. and argumentative vegans has just been elevated to a new level. Is this Crocs crossover? Well, never mind, either way. If it’s good enough for Karl, bring it on.
If this is not conclusive proof that Lagerfeld is evil, the Manolo does not know what is.
October 13th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
I think Karl is out of touch! I would like to see how some of the catwalk designs translate into the real world and I want to see them on the catwalk.
He sounds like is just to full of himself, to be objective.
October 13th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
I remember that Mr. Lagerfeld used to a bit of a chubby tubby himself. What a hypocrite.
October 13th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
From Jennifer Aniston to Sandra Bullock, there has been an epidemic in recent years of slim stars losing weight so as to replace softness with angularity (is that a word?).
In contrast, Alyson Hannigan, now a mother, has gained just enough weight to soften her facial features and, along with a healthy glow, is more beautiful than she’s looked in years.
I don’t know why so many find skeletal figures to be ‘beautiful.’ Perhaps they would be happier with a lizard.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Can one really expect anything else from a creature who looks like an escapee from a Tim Burton film (and not in a good way).
October 14th, 2009 at 12:09 am
The REAL reason he’s promoting clogs is, they sound just like cloven hooves. So nobody will be curious what kind of heels he’s got under those slightly-too-long pants and cloak.
October 14th, 2009 at 5:53 am
My stepmother (somewhat curvy) used to quote an old flame of hers (during or just after WWII) on the subject of skinny women: “It’d be like going to bed with a bicycle”.
October 14th, 2009 at 6:51 am
I think the Kaiser operates after the principle of “The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about” – and his last collection may have had a nice setting but was basically the same as every year and season.
October 14th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
apparently Ralph Lauren also hates us- he fired a 120 lb model (the one at the center of the photoshopping controversy) for being too fat:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/33307721/ns/today-today_fashion_and_beauty/?GT1=43001
I won’t being buying from either
October 14th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
I guess this is how Karl plans to finish out his career because he hasn’t designed anything nice in 15 years.
October 14th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Oh, and Ralph SHOULD have fired his Photoshop team. Yoikes. I have undergrads that have at least heard of the words “aspect ratio.”
October 14th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Well, If I was a skinny loving designer, I would stick with the stick girls for my own jollies and sell designs for any size, the bigger the better-seeing how nearly all ladies are much bigger than size 0-1-2-3-4 etc. I would go for the money and sell designs in all the common stores like so many younger designers are doing. Artists are not always the best business people but hire someone who is! I will not buy from any designer who does not make clothes in my size or makes stupid comments in public about women’s bodies.
October 15th, 2009 at 12:12 am
This curvy woman hates Karl Lagerfield. And, truly, all fake orange people, of which Karl Lagerfield is the most egregious example.
October 17th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
As a naturally skinny girl I would like to say that referring to bigger girls as “Real” is a bit offense in and of its self.
His delivery is a bit rough but I have heard other designers mention and I noticed recently when shopping with a bigger girl, that you can not just throw anything on them and have them look fabulous. Everything must be tried on and certain cuts make their figures look awkward.
As a designer mentioned, skinny girls are like hangers, everything looks good on them and you can design without physical constraints in your head.