Karl Lagerfeld

Q: Did Karl Lagerfeld win any major fashion awards?

Yes, Lagerfeld won several prestigious awards, including the British Fashion Council's Outstanding Achievement Award and the CFDA's Fashion Icon Award.

Q: What was Karl Lagerfeld's first major fashion role?

Lagerfeld's first major role was as an assistant to Pierre Balmain in the early 1950s, which marked the beginning of his influential career in fashion design.

Q: What are some of Karl Lagerfeld's successful fashion lines?

Lagerfeld's successful lines include his work with Chanel, Fendi, and his own label, Karl Lagerfeld. These collections are known for their innovation and elegance.

Q: What was Karl Lagerfeld's personal life like?

Karl Lagerfeld was known for his private lifestyle. He never married and had no children but had a close bond with his cat Choupette, who became a social media star.

Q: What was Karl Lagerfeld's estimated net worth?

Karl Lagerfeld's estimated net worth was around $300 million at the time of his passing, reflecting his successful career in fashion and branding.

Q: What are some milestones in Karl Lagerfeld's career?

Key milestones include becoming the creative director of Chanel in 1983 and revitalizing the brand, as well as his long-standing collaboration with Fendi since the 1960s.

Q: How did Karl Lagerfeld influence modern fashion?

Lagerfeld influenced modern fashion by blending classic styles with contemporary elements, pushing boundaries in design, and creating a distinctive brand identity that resonates today.

Known for

Babette’s Feast (1987)

IMDb 7.8 / 10

1987 / Drama / 103mins

A French housekeeper with a mysterious past brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers...

Name

Karl Lagerfeld

Height

5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Born

10 September 1933, Hamburg, Germany

Spouses

N/A

Children

N/A

Parents

Karl Lagerfeld Sr., Elisabeth Lagerfeld

Estimated Net Worth

$300 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2025	Movie Karl “I have spent so much time playing a role that it’s almost impossible for anyone to know who I really...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2025	Movie Karl - Der Mann hinter der Maske	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2024	TV Karl Lagerfeld : Révélation Karl Lagerfeld was an enigmatic figure who spent his life reinventing himself. He ruled the fashion world for decades, making...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2023	Movie The Revenge of Bernadette Chirac	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2023	TV The Super Models In the '80s, Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, and Christy Turlington became fashion icons—then transcended their industry by uniting....	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2023	Movie The Mysterious Mr. Lagerfeld A look at the fashion icon that was Karl Lagerfeld, one of the most flamboyant and recognisable figures in fashion...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2022	Movie Shoot to Live A documentary on filmmaker Claude Lelouch, following him over seven years.	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2020	Movie Fashion Legend: Karl Lagerfeld He was incredibly talented: fashion designer, photographer, publisher, interior designer, costume designer, trendsetter, all in one person - Karl Lagerfeld....	Himself (archive footage)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2019	Movie Very Ralph The first documentary portrait of fashion icon Ralph Lauren, reveals the man behind the icon and the creation of one...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2019	Movie Lagerfeld - the Kaiser of Fashion In the wake of his death, this film explores the fascinating and tumultuous life and career of one of the...	Self	Not rated
2018	Movie Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco Sex Fashion and Disco is a documentary film concerning Antonio Lopez (1943-1987), the most influential fashion illustrator of 1970s Paris...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2018	Movie Des hommes stylés The astute Loïc Prigent takes us on a guided tour of a men's dressing room that is less stuffy than...	Self	Not rated
2018	Movie 52 minutes of fashion by Loïc Prigent A 52-minute-long recap of Paris Fashion Week.	Unknown character	Not rated
2018	Movie The Gospel According to André From the segregated American South to the fashion capitals of the world, operatic fashion editor André Leon Talley's life and...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2016	Movie Franca: Chaos and Creation Director Francesco Carrozzini creates an intimate portrait of his mother, Franca Sozzani, the legendary editor-in-chief of Italian Vogue. From the...	Self	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2016	TV Discovering Fashion The stories and looks behind iconic and influential fashion designers such as Vivienne Westwood, Christian Dior, Ralph Lauren, and many...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2016	Movie Anna Piaggi: Fashion Visionary The world of fashion, between the end of the Sixties and the beginning of the Noughties, had a key character...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2016	Movie The First Monday in May Chronicles the creation of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's most attended fashion exhibition in history, "China: Through The Looking Glass,"...	Self	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2015	Movie Lolo On holiday in the south of France, chic Parisian sophisticate Violette meets life-loving IT geek Jean-René. Against all odds, there’s...	Himself	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2014	Movie Coco Chanel vs Elsa Schiaparelli In the 1920s, the rivalry between fashion icon Gabrielle Chanel and her stylistic rival Elsa Schiaparelli gave rise to innovations...	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2013	Movie Mademoiselle C A documentary focused on former Vogue Paris editor-in-chief and fashion stylist Carine Roitfeld.	Self	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2013	Movie Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's It's the most mythic of all American emporiums - and the scene of many an ultimate fashion fantasy. Now audiences...	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2013	Movie Karl Lagerfeld Sketches His Life Karl Lagerfeld, seated at his desk, sketches the events of his life and career with comments and snippets of intimate,...	Himself	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2012	Movie Go Global	self	Not rated
2012	TV Gottschalk Live	Self	Not rated
2012	TV 28 minutes	Self	TMDB 2.5 / 10
2010	Movie Picture Me A documentary filmmaker follows a model for several years, chronicling her rise from a fresh face to one that adorns...	Himself	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2010	TV The Day Before In this eight-part documentary series, Prigent chronicles the final 36 hours prior to crucial seasonal runway shows featuring creations by...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2009	Movie For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes In the centenary year since the founding of the Ballets Russe, this documentary looks back at Sergei Diaghilev and the...	Self	Not rated
2009	Movie The September Issue A documentary chronicling Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour's preparations for the 2007 fall-fashion issue.	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2009	Movie Totally Spies! The Movie An origin story of how three high school girls became, like, totally spies.	Fabu (voice)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2009	Movie La Traversée du désir What was your first desire? What did you long for most? Arielle Dombasle put these questions to a wide circle...	Self	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2008	Movie Valentino: The Last Emperor Film which travels inside the singular world of one of Italy's most famous fashion designers, Valentino Garavani, documenting the colourful...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2008	TV Germany, Your Artists	Self	Not rated
2007	TV Keeping Up with the Kardashians A peek inside the exploits and privileged private lives of the blended Kardashian-Jenner family, including sisters Kim, Kourtney and Khloé.	Self	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2007	Movie Lagerfeld Confidential For the first time Karl Lagerfeld has agreed to let someone create an artwork on his every day life and...	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2006	TV Salut les Terriens ! Salut les Terriens! is a French talk show hosted by Thierry Ardisson, launched on Canal+ on November 4, 2006, and...	Self	TMDB 3.7 / 10
2006	Movie The Valet Caught by tabloid paparazzi with his mistress Elena, a famous and beautiful fashion model, billionaire Pierre Levasseur tries to avoid...	Karl Lagerfeld	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2005	Movie Vies et morts d'Andy Warhol Icon of pop art, Andy Warhol has marked the 20th century. This film pays tribute to him with the exceptional...	Unknown character	Not rated
2005	TV Signé Chanel This acclaimed five-part miniseries by Loïc Prigent is an affectionate portrait of the fascinating world of haute couture, with its...	Himself	Not rated
2005	Movie Signé Chanel Film adaption of the documentary series with the same name. The documentary deals with haute couture under brilliant leader Karl...	Himself	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2004	Movie Rose Palace The story of Le Palace, the famous parisian night club in the late seventies. The documentary is a conversation between...	Self	Not rated
2003	TV Our Best	Self	Not rated
2002	Movie Comme un coup de tonnerre Six weeks of exclusive behind-the-scenes access to Lionel Jospin's 2002 presidential campaign, from the strategy rooms to the night everything...	Self	Not rated
2002	TV Gero von Boehm begegnet...	Self	Not rated
2001	Movie Zoolander Clear the runway for Derek Zoolander, VH1's three-time male model of the year. His face falls when hippie-chic Hansel scooters...	Karl Lagerfeld (uncredited)	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1999	TV Beckmann Reinhold Beckmann hosts a weekly talk show.	Self	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1998	TV Vivement dimanche	Self	TMDB 3.6 / 10
1998	TV Tout le monde en parle Tout le monde en parle is a French talk show broadcast on France 2 from September 5, 1998 to July...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1998	TV The Johannes B. Kerner Show	Self	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1997	TV Leute heute	Self	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1995	Movie Catwalk A documentary following Christy Turlington and other models during spring fashion week in Milan, Paris and New York.	Self	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1994	TV Hi Octane Short-lived 4-episode Comedy Central TV show created by and starring Sofia Coppola, co-starring Zoe Cassavetes, and featuring Thurston Moore, as...	Self	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1994	Movie La Machine Mode A private look at the fall 1994 fashion collections in Paris.	Self	Not rated
1992	TV The Look Series that explores the serious side of the fashion industry.	Self	Not rated
1991	TV Boulevard Bio	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1989	Movie Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge A camera crew follows Helmut Newton, the fashion and ad photographer whose images of tall, blond, big-breasted women are part...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1988	Movie Chanel Chanel Chanel--more than just one of the world's most successful fashion labels, also the name of a woman who led a...	Unknown character	Not rated
1987	TV Nulle part ailleurs	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1984	TV Goldene Kamera	Self - Laudatio	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1982	TV Champs-Elysées	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1981	TV Wetten, dass..? A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British show You Bet! and the American show...	Self	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1980	TV Heut' abend	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1979	TV NDR Talk Show	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1975	TV Apostrophes Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran...	Self	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1973	Movie L'Amour Donna and Jane are two American hippies, searching for sex and romance in Paris but, mainly, rich husbands. Eventually, Donna...	Karl	TMDB 4.0 / 10
1972	TV Le Grand Échiquier Le Grand Échiquier is a French variety television program created and presented by Jacques Chancel. It aired at 8:30 pm...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1948	TV Bambi The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda...	Self - Laudation	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1948	TV Bambi The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2020	Movie Mea Culpa In Mea Culpa, the Belgian-Moroccan choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui explores a shared sense of guilt that is passed on from...	Costume Designer Costume & Make-Up	Not rated
2015	Movie Once and Forever A biographical short about French fashion designer Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel.	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2015	Movie Once and Forever A biographical short about French fashion designer Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel.	Director Directing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2014	Movie Chanel N°5: The One That I Want A woman, a destiny, a perfume. N°5	Costume Design Costume & Make-Up	TMDB 8.8 / 10
2013	Movie Once Upon a Time... In 1913, designer Coco Chanel opens her first boutique in the French city of Deauville.	Director Directing	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2013	Movie Once Upon a Time... In 1913, designer Coco Chanel opens her first boutique in the French city of Deauville.	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2011	Movie The Tale of a Fairy The Tale of a Fairy is a short film imagined, written and directed by Karl Lagerfeld.	Director Directing	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1989	Movie Love Comedy According to the book Journal Particulier de Paul Léautaud, the love story that was born between him and Marie D.,...	Costume Design Costume & Make-Up	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1987	Movie Babette's Feast A French housekeeper with a mysterious past brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle...	Costume Design Costume & Make-Up	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1981	Movie Coup de Torchon A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life, and resorts to drastic...	Costumer Costume & Make-Up	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1977	Movie The Devil's Advocate A dying priest is commissioned to investigate the deeds of Giacomo Nerone, a dead wartime partisan, and find out if...	Costume Design Costume & Make-Up	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1977	Movie Silver Bears Financial wizard "Doc" Fletcher is sent by crime boss Joe Fiore to buy a bank in Switzerland in order to...	Costume Design Costume & Make-Up	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1976	Movie The Twist Claire de La Tour Picquet shares her life between her husband, the successful novelist William Brandeis, and her lover, Jacques...	Costume Design Costume & Make-Up	TMDB 4.2 / 10
1976	Movie Maîtresse After breaking into a house he believes is empty, thief Olivier is caught by the owner, Ariane, who turns out...	Costume Design Costume & Make-Up	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1975	Movie The Black Bird The son of famous detective Sam Spade carries on the family tradition of getting involved with the Maltese Falcon -...	Costume Design Costume & Make-Up	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1971	Movie Ten Days' Wonder Charles Van Horn, son of rich and powerful Théo Van Horn, calls upon his former teacher Paul Régis to help...	Costume Design Costume & Make-Up	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1968	Movie Succubus Lorna Green is a performer at a Lisbon nightclub who performs fictionalized acts that involve erotically charged sadomasochistic murders. As...	Costume Design Costume & Make-Up	TMDB 5.4 / 10

Karl

2025

Karl - Der Mann hinter der Maske

2025

The Revenge of Bernadette Chirac

2023 / TMDB 7.5

The Mysterious Mr. Lagerfeld

2023 / TMDB 7.0

Shoot to Live

2022 / TMDB 6.2

Fashion Legend: Karl Lagerfeld

2020 / TMDB 6.0

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Becoming Karl Lagerfeld: TV release date and where to watch in Australia

Disney+’s new original Becoming Karl Lagerfeld dramatises the life of the fashion icon, from his career beginnings to his remarkable meteoric rise in the world of Parisian high fashion.

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What are Karl Lagerfeld's most notable achievements?

Karl Lagerfeld was celebrated for revitalizing Chanel and making it a leading luxury brand. He received numerous awards for his contributions to fashion, including the CFDA's Lifetime Achievement Award.

Did Karl Lagerfeld win any major fashion awards?

What was Karl Lagerfeld's first major fashion role?

What are some of Karl Lagerfeld's successful fashion lines?

What was Karl Lagerfeld's personal life like?

What was Karl Lagerfeld's estimated net worth?

What are some milestones in Karl Lagerfeld's career?

How did Karl Lagerfeld influence modern fashion?

Known for

Babette’s Feast (1987)

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