THE KAISER AND I

Tatler connections recall their encounters with Karl Lagerfeld

LEIGH TUNG-CHOU Board of governors, Hong Kong Ballet and Hong Kong Adventist Hospital Foundation; director of the Tung Foundation “I met Karl in the fall of 2006 in Rome at Fendi’s headquarters. Michael Burke, then CEO of Fendi and now chairman and CEO of Louis Vuitton, had approached me to work with him on the Fendi fashion show on the Great Wall of China. On first meeting Karl, I was incredibly nervous. He walked into the room with his iconic white ponytail, a slim Dior Homme jacket by Hedi Slimane, a stiffly starched white shirt with a high collar, big black sunglasses and Chrome Hearts rings on each finger of his half-gloved hand. He was larger than life. He quickly put me at ease by placing his gloved hand on…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2019

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