karl lagerfeld black dress Women's Scuba Crepe | inspired shape KARL LAGERFELD Paris Women's Sleeveless

They can look so simple yet so versatile to style with

My life and my job, the designer once said, is to forget myself. During his five-decade career designing shoes, handbags, evening dresses and other items for Chanel, Fendi, Chlo and many others, Lagerfeld was a quintessential chameleon, ever evolving to embody the times

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Examples of Karl's work during this time period are held in museums around the world and are rare finds

With his pale, lingerie-layered Spring 1994 collection of slip dresses, Calvin Klein sounded the final death knell for the tailored, dress-for-success power babe who was fast being replaced by the feminine waif, at once strong and soft la Kate Moss