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TOMMY AND KARL: For the Met on Monday night, Tommy Hilfiger tailor Denis Frison found a Chanel vintage bouclé fabric from which he made a suit for the designer in a deep navy blue, red and white mix. But the real star of the show was the shirt Hilfiger was wearing: a gift from Karl, from Lagerfeld's personal closet.
"This is one of his famous high neck shirts he had made in England many years ago. And it's the first time I've worn a button-back shirt, and the first time I'll ever wear a three-and-a-half-inch collar," says Hilfiger. "But that was his own shirt, which is dear to me and one of my favorite treasures. So I'm really excited about that."
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Stepan FilenkoHilfiger met Lagerfeld in 2003 in Paris, and they became business partners.
"I was in Paris photographed by Harper's Bazaar [in 2003]. They were photographing American designers. My session was around 5:30, 6:00 in Karl's studio. And I was laughing because Karl had, I don't know, 10 assistants setting up the lighting and the camera and spending hours perfecting every shadow. And then Karl went approach and look through the lens and click and then walk away,” says Hilfiger.
"I started laughing about it, and he also joined in the laughter and started saying things like, 'Oh, my job is very easy. All I have to do is push a button. And we got on really well humor-wise , I guess you could say. He invited me to dinner at his house that night, but I had already made dinner plans. So he said, 'Well, why don't you come and have breakfast. lunch tomorrow?' So I went to his house for breakfast," he continues. "He showed me around his house, which was amazing. and a beautiful limestone building. It was quite spectacular.
"We had a very long breakfast and the conversation covered many different topics, but one was him asking me about my business. And I said, 'Well, we're a public company, and our board and I might be looking at acquiring another brand. "And then he said, 'Buy mine.' And I said, 'Explain yourself. What do you mean ?' He said to me: 'Buy my brand Karl Lagerfeld'. I brought this idea to my partners in New York, and we decided to continue. Within 45 days we were in a deal to buy the Karl Lagerfeld brand. We set up a studio in New York for Karl. He was very committed and he started to rebuild the Karl Lagerfeld brand. It has since been sold off, but is now transformed into an affordable luxury lifestyle brand for the whole world. I think Karl would be very proud today. — LEIGH NORDSTROM
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TOMMY AND KARL: For the Met on Monday night, Tommy Hilfiger tailor Denis Frison found a Chanel vintage bouclé fabric from which he made a suit for the designer in a deep navy blue, red and white mix. But the real star of the show was the shirt Hilfiger was wearing: a gift from Karl, from Lagerfeld's personal closet.
"This is one of his famous high neck shirts he had made in England many years ago. And it's the first time I've worn a button-back shirt, and the first time I'll ever wear a three-and-a-half-inch collar," says Hilfiger. "But that was his own shirt, which is dear to me and one of my favorite treasures. So I'm really excited about that."
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Stepan FilenkoHilfiger met Lagerfeld in 2003 in Paris, and they became business partners.
"I was in Paris photographed by Harper's Bazaar [in 2003]. They were photographing American designers. My session was around 5:30, 6:00 in Karl's studio. And I was laughing because Karl had, I don't know, 10 assistants setting up the lighting and the camera and spending hours perfecting every shadow. And then Karl went approach and look through the lens and click and then walk away,” says Hilfiger.
"I started laughing about it, and he also joined in the laughter and started saying things like, 'Oh, my job is very easy. All I have to do is push a button. And we got on really well humor-wise , I guess you could say. He invited me to dinner at his house that night, but I had already made dinner plans. So he said, 'Well, why don't you come and have breakfast. lunch tomorrow?' So I went to his house for breakfast," he continues. "He showed me around his house, which was amazing. and a beautiful limestone building. It was quite spectacular.
"We had a very long breakfast and the conversation covered many different topics, but one was him asking me about my business. And I said, 'Well, we're a public company, and our board and I might be looking at acquiring another brand. "And then he said, 'Buy mine.' And I said, 'Explain yourself. What do you mean ?' He said to me: 'Buy my brand Karl Lagerfeld'. I brought this idea to my partners in New York, and we decided to continue. Within 45 days we were in a deal to buy the Karl Lagerfeld brand. We set up a studio in New York for Karl. He was very committed and he started to rebuild the Karl Lagerfeld brand. It has since been sold off, but is now transformed into an affordable luxury lifestyle brand for the whole world. I think Karl would be very proud today. — LEIGH NORDSTROM
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