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Chanel's Spring 2013 Video Starring Lindsey Wixson
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Lindsey Wixson and Aymeline Valade Star in Chanel's Spring 2013 Video

Karl Lagerfeld must have gardens on the brain.
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Karl Lagerfeld must have gardens on the brain. After re-creating a full-scale pine forest for his Spring 2013 Couture show on Tuesday, he also released a video of models frolicking in the gardens of Paris's Rodin Museum.

In the three-act story, entitled Public Garden, Lindsey Wixson and a fellow blond beauty alight on a bench in the gardens to examine recent purchases from Chanel's Spring 2013 ready-to-wear collection. After they watch model Aymeline Valade stroll by, Brad Kroening and his 4-year-old son Hudson — who's also Lagerfeld's godson — come and sit on the adjacent bench.

Wixson and her friend encounter Valade and both of the Kroenig men in each of the subsequent acts, finally learning how the three are connected at the end of the film. A look at the story — and the all the clothing — in the video below.

Celebrities at Chanel Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2013 Show
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Diane Kruger and Hailee Steinfeld Tip Their Hats to Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel's Couture Show

Diane Kruger and Hailee Steinfeld brought their Hollywood star power to the Chanel Spring/Summer 2013 Haute Couture fashion show in Paris earlier today.
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Diane Kruger and Hailee Steinfeld brought their Hollywood star power to the Chanel Spring/Summer 2013 Haute Couture fashion show in Paris earlier today. Karl Lagerfeld's longtime friend Diane, who flew to Paris after celebrating the San Francisco 49ers' win in Vancouver, wore head-to-toe Chanel to the event. Meanwhile, Hailee wore a Chanel cardigan and Christian Louboutin heels. Other celebrities who turned out included stylish girls like Rita Ora, Clémence Poésy, and the singer Grimes. Click through for a look at the fashionable front row and be sure to check out the full Chanel Spring 2013 Couture fashion show.

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Chanel Couture Spring 2013

By now, no one should underestimate Karl Lagerfeld's affinity for political statements.
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By now, no one should underestimate Karl Lagerfeld's affinity for political statements. He closed the Spring 2013 Chanel Couture show not with just one model in a bridal dress, but with two. And because they held hands as they walked down the runway — or was it an aisle? — with 4-year-old Hudson Kroening dressed as a ring bearer, some critics thought The Kaiser might be announcing his support for French President Francois Hollande's controversial proposal to legalize gay marriage.

"I don't even understand the debate," Lagerfeld told The Associated Press after the show. "Since 1904 (in France) the church and state have been separate."

But Lagerfeld didn't use the show to make a statement about equality: He also threw his shoulders behind, well, shoulders. Those wedding dresses had bands of feathers set just underneath the models' decolletage to emphasize their shoulders, and nearly every other look in the collection highlighted that part of the body in some way. The first tweed jackets down the runway, for example, had mini-capes attached to them, while others had sleeves accented by peaks of fabric set just below the shoulder. Other dressed exposed the shoulders through sheer pieces of tulle or with strategically place straps.

"The idea is to make the shoulders beautiful," Lagerfeld said in an interview with The New York Times.

But perhaps the biggest statement Lagerfeld made with this show was about nature. Some of the dresses had elaborate floral appliques, intricate beading, or delicate lacework, but none of it was more complex than the full-scale pine forest he constructed as a set underneath the glass dome in Paris's Grand Palais. Critic Nicole Phelps noted that the temporary woodland clearing was complete with birdsong — something Lagerfeld underscored with with the feathered headpieces each model wore down the runway.

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Karl Lagerfeld Selling His New York Apartment
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Karl Lagerfeld Sells New York Apartment For $4.5 Million

After several attempts to sell his apartment overlooking Gramercy Park, Karl Lagerfeld has finally made a deal.
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After several attempts to sell his apartment overlooking Gramercy Park, Karl Lagerfeld has finally made a deal.

Lagerfeld sold his three-bedroom, three-bathroom condo at 50 Gramercy Park North for $4.5 million, according to the New York Post. He paid $6.69 million for it in 2006, and though he had it renovated, he never moved in. CasaSugar reported last March that the home had been relisted for $5.2 million.

Investor Sebastian Barrack bought the fashionable apartment, which features a chef's kitchen, a system of automated curtains, and an open floor plan spanning 2,150 square feet. A look at the listing photos here in the gallery.

Photos via Douglas Elliman.

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Celebrity Social Media Pictures | Week of Jan. 17, 2013
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Let's Be Social: The Week's Stylish Social Media Snaps

Between the slew of award shows and big red-carpet events, it was a busy week for some of our favorite style setters.
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Celebrity Social Media Pictures | Week of Jan. 17, 2013

Between the slew of award shows and big red-carpet events, it was a busy week for some of our favorite style setters. We got a glimpse of the one and only Karl Lagerfeld on set at a photo shoot, and hung out with Alexa Chung as she posed for Maje. Bar Refaeli bowled us over with her jaunty hat and glasses getup, and Rachel Zoe took her throne as the chief stylist at ShoeDazzle.

Click through now to see the rest of this week's cutest celebrity candids, and don't forget to follow FabSugar on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter!

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Location For Next Chanel Metiers d'Arts Show Announced
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Chanel Heads to Texas, T's Cover Girl, and Stella McCartney's Perfect Vision

All the bits fit to print, here in our daily news roundup.
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All the bits fit to print, here in our daily news roundup.

  • Karl Lagerfeld has revealed the location of Chanel's next Métiers d'Art show. "I will go to Dallas," he said. "You know why? First of all, I love Texas. I love Texans." [Vogue UK]

  • Lee Radziwill will reportedly cover Deborah Needleman's debut issue of T Magazine next month. [Daily Front Row]

  • Bryan Boy's grandmother Eleonora is the namesake of Rebecca Minkoff's latest bag, the Elle. [Racked]

  • Stella McCartney will launch her first collection of eyeglasses in March. Prices will range from $230 to $245. [FashionUnited]

  • Did designer Hanae Mori inspire all the butterflies in the Spring 2013 collections? [W Magazine]

  • Gucci's new scent Forever Now, which will debut this week, features notes of Florentine iris, orange blossom, and leather. [WWD]

  • Manuel Mota, creative director of the bridal label Pronovias, passed away on Tuesday. He was 46. [Vogue UK]

  • Target will now match the prices of identical goods offered on Amazon, Walmart.com, and BestBuy.com. [InStyle]

  • This year's BAFTA nominees have been announced. [BAFTA]

  • H&M's luxury line, & Other Stories, is set to open seven boutiques across Europe and launch online this Spring. [Fashionologie Inbox]
Karl Lagerfeld Says He Won't Write Book
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Karl Lagerfeld: "I Have Nothing to Say"

He may be the most quoted man in fashion, but that doesn't mean Karl Lagerfeld feels inclined to write a book any time soon.
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He may be the most quoted man in fashion, but that doesn't mean Karl Lagerfeld feels inclined to write a book any time soon. "No memoirs," the Kaiser stated at Tuesday's WWD CEO Summit at New York's Plaza Hotel. "I have nothing to say."

While that may be true, at least as far as the written word goes anyway, the legendary designer certainly had plenty to say on stage. From revealing the surprising locale of his next show (Dallas) to explaining how it feels to be marking his 30th anniversary at Chanel ("Some people say I'm a hired gun. Well, I'm very happy to be one."), Lagerfeld kept the bon mots coming and the assembled crowd — which included Anna Wintour, Carine Roitfeld, and Sarah Jessica Parker — hanging on his every word. Below, a few gems:

On career longevity: "Fashion is for people to wear and that has not changed."

On inspiration: "When I like something, I don't ask myself why. I just like it."

On couture today: "There are so many new worlds, and so much new money. We have more couture clients now than we did 20 years ago. Many of the rich people of the past are poor compared to the rich people of today, I'm sorry."

On his childhood ambitions: "I didn't even know one could make a business out of fashion. Back then it was called clothes."

On designers who complain about the workload: "You accept a job, you know the conditions. Don't play the victim."

On what irritates him most: "People who create complications in order to appear more professional."

On Paris in the '80s: "The '80s were very difficult. I prefer to forget about them."

On career setbacks: "Sometimes you go two steps back but that's a healthy thing. No one has a one-line career."

On his look: "You may think it's very distinct but to me it is normal."

On the potential of a retrospective: "I would never make a retrospective. I look forward, ahead, ahead. I don't keep any kind of archive even."

On his three steps to success: "What? Steps? Oh, there's a whole staircase."

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Nicolas Ghesquière's First Tweet, Tory Burch's Billions, and Macy's on Trial

All the bits fit to print, here in our daily news roundup.
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All the bits fit to print, here in our daily news roundup.

  • Nicolas Ghesquière's first tweet features a picture of a Star Wars stormtrooper helmet. [Twitter]

  • Tory Burch became a billionaire in the settlement agreement she reached with her ex-husband, Chris Burch, on New Year's Eve. [Bloomberg]

  • Louis Vuitton has tapped fashion illustrator Kerrie Hess to create paper dolls inspired by the brand's Spring 2013 collection. [Fashion Foie Gras]

  • Hanne Gaby doesn't pack much — or at all — before going on a journey. Unless, of course, she's headed off to Fashion Week. [i-D Online]

  • Montblanc will open a pop-up shop at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington DC during President Obama's inauguration festivities. [WWD]

  • What do Heidi Klum, Marc Jacobs, and Karl Lagerfeld have in common? They're all 5'10". [Racked]

  • Macy's lawsuit against Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and J.C. Penny is set to go to trial next month. [WWD]

  • In the latest issue of Elle UK, Anja Rubik reveals that a picture, at its most basic level, is about sexuality. [Modelinia]


Karl Lagerfeld: "Why Should I Slow Down?"
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Why Should Karl Lagerfeld Slow Down, Asks Karl Lagerfeld

Karl Lagerfeld has said in the past that he has no plans to retire, and now he says he sees no reason to scale back the projects he takes on.
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Karl Lagerfeld has said in the past that he has no plans to retire, and now he says he sees no reason to scale back the projects he takes on.

"I think I'm very lucky that I have all those projects, the possibility to do things in such great condition," Lagerfeld told the BBC. "Why should I slow down? What a bore! That is commonplace to think that people have to slow down and [not] burn out. You know, I have a very healthy life. I don't smoke, I don't eat too much, I don't drink, I never take drugs. So, my head is like a crystal ball and I have no need of slowing down."

He added that the reason the luxury business can't slow down, either, is because it responds to desires consumers can't control.

"We create a product nobody needs, but people want," he argues. "If you need an ugly old car, it can wait, but if you want a new fashion item, it cannot wait."

Kate Moss in Versace Spring 2013 Campaign | Picture
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Karl Lagerfeld's Apartment Woes, Condé's Unlikely Partnership, and Kate Moss's New Ads

Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.
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Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.

  • Versace cast Kate Moss, Joan Smalls, and Daria Werbowy for its Spring 2013 campaign. [Modelinia]

  • Karl Lagerfeld has taken his New York apartment, at 50 Gramercy Park North, off the market for the fourth time since his first attempt at selling it last year. [Curbed]

  • LVMH boss Bernard Arnault's application for a Belgian passport might be declined because he doesn't meet the nation's citizenship requirements. [Vogue UK]

  • Jimmy Choo today unveiled plans to launch a second fragrance, called Flash, come Spring. [Fashion Etc]

  • Condé Nast's newest title, BeautyScoop, is a collaboration with mass retailer Walmart. [WWD]

  • How festive: Proenza Schouler's holiday card opens to reveal a photograph of two grinning monkeys. [Style.com]

  • Naomi Campbell's torn ligament hasn't dampened her social schedule. The supermodel dined with Steven Meisel and Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele at New York's Beatrice Inn on Thursday and was also spotted talking with Calvin Klein, Vera Wang, and Donna Karan there. [Styleite]

  • School might be out for Winter break, but tourists who visit New York during the holidays can still learn a lot about the industry thanks to two of the city's ongoing exhibits. [Teen Vogue]

Photo courtesy of Versace.