The World According to Karl: The Wit and Wisdom of Karl Lagerfeld - Hardcover

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9780500517116: The World According to Karl: The Wit and Wisdom of Karl Lagerfeld

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ISBN 10: 0500517118 ISBN 13: 9780500517116

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2013

The ultimate repertoire of wit and wisdom from fashions sharpest pin Karl Lagerfeld is a modern master of couture. He is also famously outspoken: his wise, surprising statements pop up like offbeat news flashes. This collection of quotations pays homage to the legendary �minence grise of the fashion world. Lagerfelds pronouncements on fashion, women, art, politics, love, and life high and low are famously oracular, seized upon by fashionistas, acolytes and sages around the world. Created with the full approval of the designer himself, this cornucopia of Lagerfelds maxims is required reading for us all today as we negotiate the trickiest curves of modern life. Cultivated, unpredictable, provocative, sometimes shocking, Lagerfelds bons mots are always impossible to ignore. Jean-Christophe Napias is an author, translator and editor of books on dandies, dance music and camp culture. Sandrine Gulbenkian is director of Parigramme, a Parisian publishing house. Patrick Mauri�s is a writer and publisher of many notable titles on fashion and design, including Jewelry by Chanel, also published by Thames & Hudson.

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Review:

A hand-picked collection of Lagerfeld's bitchiest bons mots. --Daily Mail

The best and most outrageous quotes from Karl Lagerfeld. --Vogue

A new book of the best Karl-isms ... perhaps the most quotable man on the planet --Grazia

A memorable tome that is fun, witty and entertaining, full of Lagerfeld's bons mots and musings --Bridal Buyer

Mr. Lagerfeld, you're a genius, and so are you, Patrick Mauries, for compiling some of his wittiest words. --Marie Claire

The solution to what to buy the person who has everything this Christmas ... a collection of the Chanel and Fendi creative director's most memorable musings. --The Daily Telegraph

Open The World According to Karl at random and you'll be wowed by Mr Largerfeld's words of wisdom ... this delightful book of Karl quotes is a wry, witty look at the occasional ridiculousness of the fashion world. --The Evening Standard

Lagerfeld has a mercurial, sometimes devastating way with words. --The Spectator

The perfect dip-in-dip-out compendium of quotations, musings and witticisms from fashion's most forthright of personalities ... beautifully designed with chic, monochrome graphics, this is our new go-to book for a fashionable quick-fix of fabulousness. --Fabric

Relish in Karl's wit and wisdom in print. --Hunger.TV

A new fashion tome has been published today which I urge you all to purchase at your earliest convenience ... fantastically witty ... the ultimate repertoire of fashion wisdom from King Lagerfeld himself ... Lagerfeld's quips on fashion, women, art, politics, love, and life make for brilliant reading. Sometimes chokingly brusque, but always refreshingly honest, reading it has just made me love him even more. --All In London.co.uk

A whole book of humorous, sharp, and often contradictory quotes ... one-of-a-kind musings on the bonkers world of fashion ... a must read for fashionistas and culture junkies alike. --Cent Magazine

The World According to Karl needs to be on your bookshelf ... wonderful. --Handbag.com

Some take his words as gospel gold and others like me take them with an amused pinch of salt: one thing Mr. Lagerfeld can not be is ignored. --Fashion Fox

A must-have for fashionistas everywhere, and anyone interested in his unique view on life. --The Swelle Life.com

A must-read. --Elle

A must-read --Fashion Bite.co.uk

A must-have --Beauty the Dirt.co.uk

A must-have. --Independent Mind.co.uk

Top of our reading list ... Dust off your Oxford classics and make room for a modern masterpiece. --So Feminine.co.uk

Genius. --Idol Magazine.co.uk

With this collection of Lagerfeld's pronouncements on fashion, women, art, politics, love and life - high and low -authors Patrick Mauri�s and Jean-Christophe Napias pay tribute to the eminence grise of the fashion world, in a witty and entertaining way. --Baby & Me

A collection of quotations - 'Karlisms' - that include pronouncements on fashion, love, politics and art. --Financial Times

Hilarious. --The Daily Telegraph

You'll enjoy a good giggle reading some of Lagerfeld's most eccentric observations ... will serve to make you roar with laughter. --The Gloss

Lagerfeld's witty and wise repartee hearkens back to the glory days of the salon ... brings together Lagerfeld's wit and wisdom from over 40 years in the public spotlight, as he ranges from the Wildean to the Warholean. ----Another Magazine

A collection of all the man's best, most quotable utterances ... there's a Krazy Karl Kwote for almost every occasion. --Image

Cultivated, unpredictable and sometimes shocking, Lagerfeld's words are impossible to ignore. --The Daily Mail

A collection of quotations - 'Karlisms' - that include pronouncements on fashion, love, politics and art. --Financial Times

About the Author:

Jean-Christophe Napias is an author, translator and editor of books on dandies, dance music and camp culture. Sandrine Gulbenkian is director of Parigramme, a Parisian publishing house.

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