REMEMBERING KARL: Chanel is making plans for a farewell rite for Karl Lagerfeld following the clothier’s demise on Tuesday at 85. In a demise note in French each day newspaper Le Figaro on Thursday, the fashion residence said Lagerfeld could be laid to relaxation “in a strictly non-public ceremony,” confirming what a spokeswoman for the Lagerfeld emblem instructed WWD.
“A farewell rite will take area at a later date,” Chanel added. A spokeswoman for the brand stated no additional information was to be had at the moment. Lagerfeld’s final series for Chanel could be proven in Paris on March five, in what guarantees to be a notably emotional occasion.
The couturier always made clear that he did not want a public funeral after his very own demise, telling Numéro mag in an interview ultimate yr that he desired for his ashes to be scattered close to the ones of his mother Elisabeth and those of his cat Choupette, have to she bypass away before him.