Just heard from Tokidoki designer, Simone Legno, who had just come from his first meeting with Karl Lagerfeld to officially hand-off the mini-Karl vinyl doll.  Here’s what Simone had to say about meeting the legendary one:

I attach a picture of me and Karl Lagerfeld that I will save it for my grandsons one day! He is the best and was very nice and sweet! I was very anxious, but when he said as first thing when he met me, “Finally!…the doll!” I felt way better and chilled down with a big smile!

Can you even imagine?? (And there will be NO fighting over who gets to be the grandma of those grandsons!)

One more image of Karl and mini-Karl after the jump….

Simone wrote me last week to let me know about his mini-Karl Lagerfeld doll. Samia had posted up info about that a while back so I figured that rather than repost the image of the vinyl toy (you can see it after the jump), I thought this would be a good time to post up a picture I took of Simone at Magic. At Magic, Tokidoki was showcasing items from its new Marvel partnership, which he was super excited about it.

And I just want to add that Simone is one the nicest, most humble and talented people I’ve met in this often-not-very-pleasant industry.  When I told him to email me about the Karl vinyl or ANY thing he does new, he was actually concerned about bugging me with too many emails. So never say anything mean about him ’cause you will be wrong!

Karl and Marvel fitted after the jump…

Just spotted on BF a collabo between what seems to be Tokidoki and the one and only Karl Lagerfeld.This is one we are really looking forward to !

Karl Who ? Tote Bag

Karl Lagerfeld clearly poking fun at himself, sporting a Karl Who?  Bag. Let’s see the craze this will create. Then again this might just be too simple…via clones

While looking through the images on Style of the Chanel Autumn ready-to-wear ‘09 looks, I was sort of bored at first by the clothes so I started zeroing in on the accessories. And even then it was like, ehh shoes no big deal, bag inside a plastic container too weird for me, mint green color theme not doing it for me. I started perking up when I saw a leather skirt and then right after that, a leather dress!! A Chanel leather dress, people. Could you ever in your wildest dreams EVER image?? The dresses were followed by tribal catsuits, which, right there the  deal for me was sealed. I give it up to you Karl. Your evil genius has struck once again!

The accessories I mentioned, plus the skirt and a shimmery dress after the jump.

Barbie as some of you might know already, is celebrating her 50th birthday. For the occasion there will be a Barbie And Ken exhibition taking place at Colette in Paris, and the dolls were dressed by none other than Karl Lagerfeld. From March 9th until March 15th, Colette will also have special Barbie window displays!

Chanel gave a funeral for its Spring 2009 collection and every one wore white. Karl must have been in a matchy matchy mood ’cause the models were all white, too. Well, a few wore black or black and white, but you get the picture.

Beautifully executed of course, but we expect more from you, Karl.

When Karl designed this collection no doubt news of massive layoffs at the company were swirling all around him so I can understand the lack of  life, but damn this is supposed to be a year of hope! Like Harvey Milk in the movie says, “Without hope, life is not worth living. You gotta give ‘em hope. You gotta give ‘em hope.”

Images from Style

Full-length shot of above after jump…

I know we’re in a worldwide recession, but I was still sort of stunned to read yesterday (Hahaha–how mad is WWD that it got scooped by the NY Times on this story??) that Chanel has plans to layoff 200 workers. There’s so much fantasy and aura that surrounds Coco & Co. that in my mind it’s akin to the North Pole and Santa’s Workshop. I mean cheez, is Old Saint Nich gonna announce elf layoffs next???

The articles money quote (which was pulled from a WWD article)? When Karl denies reality by stating: “Today, everyone can say that something is for financial reasons when they want. For me, artistic reasons are more important.” Okaaaaay, hun, keep living in that dream world (and I mean that sincerely!)

Here’s Agyness, showing up at yet another event (this one was Chanel related as if you couldn’t tell by the cardboard cut-outs of Karl in the background!) in her never-ending quest to be stamped the first supermodel of the new millennium. God love ya, Ma. It’s a pretty strange aspiration, but someone’s gotta want it!

^^To Agy’s right is some show attendee wearing an adorable Chanel dress. Which, good thing I wasn’t there ’cause I would have been forced to rip it off her body.

Sigh, feeling blech these days…..

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