Fashion legend Karl Lagerfeld was cremated in France on Friday, fulfilling his last wishes following his death this week at the age of 85, the magazine Closer reported.
German designer Karl Lagerfeld, based in Paris
from the 1950s until his death Tuesday, described himself as a "European",
hailing the interwar Germany he never knew as a "spiritual homeland" that was destroyed under Nazism.
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, who has made no secret of his disdain for Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to allow some one million migrants into Germany, has said he might have to renounce his German citizenship over the issue.
Top German designer Karl Lagerfeld - notorious for making catty comments on the appearance of other celebrities - has gone relatively easy on Chancellor Angela Merkel, even complimenting her “beautiful blue eyes.”
Notoriously snarky German couturier Karl Lagerfeld hailed Kate Middleton's royal wedding dress Friday, describing the Alexander McQueen and Sarah Burton gown as "elegant and chic."