Necklace: Jared Leto will play Chanel's supremo Karl Lagerfeld in the biopic

Jared Leto's foray into fashion continues. After playing Paolo Gucci in Ridley Scott's sprawling House of Gucci last year and Gucci designer Alessandro Michele's "twin" at this year's Met Gala, he will now play Karl Lagerfeld in a new designer biopic.

Lagerfeld, who died in 2019 at the age of 85, was one of the larger-than-life figures in fashion, so he undoubtedly has a theatrical dimension that would appeal to an actor. According to an interview with Women's Wear Daily, when Leto first met Lagerfeld, he said to her, "You know, one day I have to play you in a movie." Lagerfeld responded appropriately in fashion parlance: "Only you, honey, only you."

The film project is being handled by Paradox, the film company production that Leto owns with his partner, Emma Ludbrook. Pier Paolo Righi, Caroline Lebar and Sébastien Jondeau, all of whom worked with Lagerfeld, will serve as executive producers on the film. This follows the announcement last week that the Metropolitan Museum of Art will hold an exhibition of Lagerfeld's work as part of its Fashion Show in May next year. The Met Gala - which takes its theme from this exhibition will likely be a sea of ​​monochromes. -type="model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement" class="dcr-10khgmf">

Lagerfeld was known for his signature outfit consisting of a sharp suit, high-necked white shirts, leather gloves black and sunglasses - accessorized, over the decades, with a Diet Coke, a fan or an iPod (he reportedly had 310). But he was also famous for his outspoken and sometimes problematic statements. These included of calling Adele 'a little too fat' and doubling the sweatpants as 'a sign of defeat' He said he was 'fed up' with the Me Too movement and described Angela Merkel's politics of d accepting Muslim refugees as "a huge mistake".

The designer is credited with revitalizing Chanel...