中文简介：

本书探讨了老佛爷卡尔·拉格斐（Karl Lagerfeld）65年的非凡职业生涯，涵盖了他在Chloé和Fendi的设计，以及在Chanel和自己品牌的领导。受18世纪英国画家威廉·荷加斯（William Hogarth）提出的“线条之美”的启发，本书追求拉格斐作品中的直线和蛇形“线条”及其交汇点，以此来理解他独特的创作过程。

本书封面采用羊皮纸和亚麻布质面料，仿佛是艺术家的作品集，内容附有知名摄影师茱莉亚·赫塔（Julia Hetta）拍摄的拉格斐的时装照片及拉格斐的设计草图。图画与成品的并置，为拉格斐的创作才华提供了一个窗口。文字包括来自Lagerfeld's premières d'ateliers——他非凡作品背后的女裁缝师们，以及安娜·温图尔（Anna Wintour）、帕特里克·胡卡德（Patrick Hourcade）、阿曼达·哈勒奇（Amanda Harlech）和安藤忠雄（Tadao Ando）的个人思考。这本书不仅是一件奢华的艺术品，也是关于拉格菲尔德的重要资源，最后还附有设计师漫长而辉煌的职业生涯的插图时间表。

英文简介：

This first complete investigation into Karl Lagerfeld's (1933–2019) artistry explores his extraordinary 65-year career, from the designs for Chloé and Fendi in the 1960s and 1970s to his celebrated leadership in the 1980s and beyond at Chanel and with his own label. Inspired by the “line of beauty” theorized by eighteenth-century English painter William Hogarth, this dazzling publication pursues the straight and serpentine “lines” and their intersections in Lagerfeld's work as a means of understanding his unique creative process.

The book's elegant parchment and cloth cover, emulating an artist's portfolio, opens onto a pageant of stunning new photography by Julia Hetta of Lagerfeld's fashion alongside the designer's original sketches. The juxtaposition of drawings with finished pieces offers a window into Lagerfeld's creative brilliance. Texts include personal reflections from Lagerfeld's premières d'ateliers―the seamstresses behind his extraordinary creations―as well as Anna Wintour, Patrick Hourcade, Amanda Harlech, and Tadao Ando. Not only a lavish objet but also an important resource on Lagerfeld, the book concludes with an illustrated timeline of the designer's long and illustrious career.