When Karl Lagerfeld was inspired by Indian fashion

Iconic Chanel designer Karl Lrfeld, who became synymous with luxury fashion and created concepts like fun fur, was once inspired by Indian aestic in fashion. Lrfeld, who bread his last on Tuesday, is also kwn for his eclectic designs and mysterious personal life.

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creative director of Chanel since 1983, Lrfeld was designing an aver of 14 new collections a year, ranging from couture to high street. In a show entitled Paris-Bombay Art Show, that he h organised in 2011, designer took inspiration from India and incorporated heavy silks and tritional South Asian teekas on women who walked ramp.

According to fashion website Nss Magazine, designer h told Wall Street Journal after show that in India, even poor have dignity and that even poor women own three gold bracelets. show saw Indian influences being kept to tritional, with incorporation of churidar-style leggings as well as ornate teekas. In keeping with tritions, show h even used old moniker for Mumbai-Bombay.

news of Lrfeld's death was anunced on Instagram by Chanel, writing: " House of KARL LRFELD shares, with deep emotion and sness, passing of its artistic director, Karl Lrfeld, on February 19, 2019, in Paris, France. He was one of most influential and celebrated designers of 21st century and an iconic, universal symbol of style. Driven by a phemenal sense of creativity, Karl was passionate, powerful and intensely curious.

He leaves behind an extraordinary legacy as one of greatest designers of our time, and re are words to express how much he will be missed." During his long career, Lrfeld's signature combinations attracted a host of celebrities including Rihanna; Princess Caroline of Monaco; Christine Lagarde and Julianne Moore among ors.