Karl Lagerfeld sketches and correspondance
Scope and Contents
Sketches in ink of womenswear designs for Chloe and a handwritten note by Lagerfeld on his stationery.
Dates
- Creation: 1974-1975
Creator
- Chloé (Firm) (Organization)
- Lagerfeld, Karl (1933-2019) (Person)
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Biographical / Historical
Chloé is a French fashion house that was founded in 1952 by Gaby Aghion. Chloé coined the term "prêt-à-porter", as the Ready-To-Wear concept was relatively new at the time.
Biographical / Historical
"Karl Otto Lagerfeld (German: [10 September 1933 – 19 February 2019) was a German creative director, fashion designer, artist, photographer, and caricaturist who lived in Paris. He was known as the creative director of the French fashion house Chanel, a position held from 1983 until his death, and was also creative director of the Italian fur and leather goods fashion house Fendi, and of his own eponymous fashion label. He collaborated on a variety of fashion and art-related projects." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Lagerfeld
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Existence and Location of Originals
The Library of the Fashion Institute of Technology, Department of Special Collections and FIT Archive, 27th St. at 7th Ave., NY, NY , USA, 10002
General
Chloé is a French fashion house that was founded in 1952 by Gaby Aghion. Chloé coined the term "prêt-à-porter", as the Ready-To-Wear concept was relatively new at the time.
General
"Karl Otto Lagerfeld (German: [10 September 1933 – 19 February 2019) was a German creative director, fashion designer, artist, photographer, and caricaturist who lived in Paris. He was known as the creative director of the French fashion house Chanel, a position held from 1983 until his death, and was also creative director of the Italian fur and leather goods fashion house Fendi, and of his own eponymous fashion label. He collaborated on a variety of fashion and art-related projects." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Lagerfeld
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Shell record
- Title
- Karl Lagerfeld sketches and correspondance
- Date
- 2025-06-02
- Description rules
- Dacs; Isad(g); Lo C
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and FIT Archive Repository