“Are you wearing the Chanel boots? Yes, we are. A white-haired, powdered, starch-cuffed petty dictator who ruled over the expanding business with an iron fist, stopping every once in a while to make a misogynist or racist public comment, Karl Lagerfeld was one of the most influential figures in the fashion industry as it shifted into late capitalist hyperdrive. Come for the racist and misogynist public comments, stay for Lagerfeld's great love, Jacques de Bascher, who may more perfectly epitomize Evil Twink Energy than anyone we've discussed on our show.”
Was Karl Lagerfeld a “Bad Gay”?
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | October 4, 2024 12:01 AM |
No, just autistic.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | October 3, 2024 12:20 AM |
He was genuinely a terrible, terrible human being. But he was occasionally amusing.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | October 3, 2024 12:20 AM |
He was industrious. And well read.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | October 3, 2024 12:38 AM |
I like to think Choupette made him a better person. He catered to her every whim.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | October 3, 2024 12:48 AM |
I'm r4.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | October 3, 2024 12:49 AM |
Did you listen to the podcast OP? I like the podcaster's notion of evil twink energy, but they often repeat the notion (in other podacts) that homosexuality has failed. I find that part of their politics baffling.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | October 3, 2024 12:51 AM |
I did listen to it, but it has been awhile. I have listened to a number of their podcasts. They are inconsistent, and their politics increasingly began to bother me the more I listened to their stuff. I liked their Orton/Halliwell episode very much. The Liberace episode is good. Karl deserves better.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | October 3, 2024 12:57 AM |
Karl: “People can say and write what they like about me, almost, because I work on the principle: Say what you like, as long as it isn’t true.”
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | October 3, 2024 1:04 AM |
Oh yeah
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | October 3, 2024 1:25 AM |
I just bought a blingy pair of his men's sneakers at a thrift store. They're too loud for me to ever wear.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | October 3, 2024 1:42 AM |
Remember his fan period?
Margaret Cho hilariously mocked him about this: "I am Karl Lagerfeld fffffuriously fffffanning the ffffflames of my fffffaggotry!"
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | October 3, 2024 1:51 AM |
I liked Karl. While he could be harsh, he was rarely wrong.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | October 3, 2024 1:54 AM |
The fan was for his menopause hot flashes.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | October 3, 2024 2:40 AM |
Agree with R13. He said what a lot of people in the fashion industry think but would not say.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | October 3, 2024 2:45 AM |
[quote]He was genuinely a terrible, terrible human being. But he was occasionally amusing.
He wasn't terrible. He was just very German. Blunt, unsentimental and totally unfiltered.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | October 3, 2024 2:46 AM |
I liked the series about him "Becoming Karl Lagerfeld".
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | October 3, 2024 3:21 AM |
Jesus Christ R12 read the thread before you post.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | October 3, 2024 4:16 AM |
Met him once at an event, (have a friend who was a big wig @ Chanel) Karl had the WORST breath. The ONLY thing that comes to mind when I hear of him or see a photo. Beyond rancid......
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | October 3, 2024 5:03 AM |
He ate some weird food. Protein powders. More than a dozen Diet Cokes a day.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | October 3, 2024 10:20 PM |
Maybe the fan was for the halitosis fumes?
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | October 4, 2024 12:01 AM |