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PARIS, FRANCE – JULY 03: Karl Lagerfeld and wedding dress model walk the runway during the Chanel Haute-Couture Show as part of Paris Fashion Week Fall\/Winter 2012\/13 at Grand Palais on July 3, 2012 in Paris, France. (Photo by Michel Dufour\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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It\u2019s been over three years since Karl Lagerfeld\u2019s death and his legacy is being remembered by different creatives within various industries to honor the late designer. There will be an upcoming feature film, a documentary, an exhibition, and now, two new books, all on the Chanel creative director.<\/p>\n

It was recently announced that the 2023 Met Gala theme<\/a> and exhibition will center around Lagerfeld’s career and news that Jared Leto will play the designer in an upcoming movie<\/a> also just came out. The latest update is that author William Middleton will release a book next year entitled, Paradise Now: The Extraordinary Life of Karl Lagerfeld<\/a><\/em>, and next month, British fashion photographer Robert Fairer will unveil his tome Karl Lagerfeld Unseen: The Chanel Years<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Available Nov. 8,\u00a0Karl Lagerfeld Unseen: The Chanel Years<\/a><\/em> encompasses a visual retrospective of Lagerfeld\u2019s time at the Parisian fashion house Chanel from the mid-1990s to 2006. With almost 300 images, the volume provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the fashion-frenzied chaos backstage before Chanel shows. The book features photos of Lagerfeld\u2019s jaw-dropping designs, as well as the designer with Linda Evangelista<\/a>, Naomi Campbell<\/a>, Kate Moss<\/a>, and the late Stella Tennant<\/a>\u00a0 and Andr\u00e9 Leon Talley<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fairer has previously published books on John Galliano, Marc Jacobs and Alexander McQueen runway shows, but tells WWD<\/em><\/a> that Chanel shows were, \u201con another level.\u201d<\/p>\n

The book features essays by journalists Natasha Fraser, Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis, and Sally Singer, with a foreword from Lady Amanda Harlech.<\/p>\n

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In 1983 Karl Lagerfeld joined Chanel as its chief artistic director fashion designer. A year later March 5, 1984 he finishes his new Haute Couture collection in the Chanel studio on rue Cambon in Paris. This Autumn Winter collection will be shown three weeks later. Chanel was on the brink of total financial loss, but Lagerfeld succeeded to bring the company back to life. An atmosphere of creative work prevails in the studio as his team puts the final touches for the coming runway show. Karl Lagerfeld in front of his sketches. (Photo by John van Hasselt\/Sygma via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lagerfeld\u2019s story will be making it to the small screen next year as well, with a four-part documentary series dubbed Lagerfeld Ambitions<\/em>\u00a0 on French television station Canal+.<\/p>\n

The fashion wunderkind kicked off his career in 1954, winning the esteemed Woolmark Prize in a tie with fellow up-and-comer Yves Saint Laurent. Lagerfeld went on to become Pierre Balmain\u2019s assistant just a year later, before taking the reins as art director at Parisian fashion house Jean Patou. Later, Lagerfeld would go on to helm Chlo\u00e9, take on a life-long partnership at Italian fashion house Fendi in 1965, before eventually becoming the chief artistic director at Chanel.<\/p>\n

Pre-Order Both Books:<\/h4>\n
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PRE-ORDER HERE:<\/strong> Karl Lagerfeld Unseen: The Chanel Years by Robert Fairer, $85 via Barnes & Noble<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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PRE-ORDER HERE:<\/strong> Paradise Now: The Extraordinary Life of Karl Lagerfeld by William Middleton, $28.99 via Barnes & Noble<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"author":31863,"featured_media":65471,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[2563,17,16,5160,2717],"yoast_head":"\nKarl Lagerfeld's Legacy Remembered in 2 New Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Karl Lagerfeld is being remembered in two new books, plus an upcoming film, documentary and a Met Gala exhibition\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/karl-lagerfeld-books\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Two New Books on Designer Karl Lagerfeld Are Hitting Shelves Soon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" 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