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Karl Lagerfeld guest-edits Metro newspaper for a day

Fashion designer and Chanel creative director Karl Lagerfeld has turned his gloved hand to edit international editions of Metro, the world's largest global newspaper.

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"Me Doing Me" [Vogue UK] Karl Lagerfeld gets frank about his new line and what he learned at Balmain: "...you can learn there because you are not influenced. You learn not what to do."...Elizabeth Olsen on finding her fashionable feet [Telegraph UK] The star dishes on finding Marni in second-hand stores and not being dressed by MK and A...Paris, Nature Meets Craft in Jewelry [International Herald Tribune/NY Times] Decadent highlights of the haute joaillerie showings in Paris...

"It's a New Mix"

Karl Lagerfeld understands decor as well as he knows fashion. The premises for his new signature collections Lagerfeld and Karl are an opulently minimal series of salons in an hôtel particulier on the Left Bank, so it made sense that the food for the dinner party he hosted on Wednesday night to launch the lines should also focus on the bare opulent essentials: caviar, foie gras, and lobster, with a logo-fied iPad as a takeaway.

Paris Couture: Chanel, Givenchy

Chanel: Stow away your carry-on in the overhead compartments, and fasten your seatbelts, chéris! Karl Lagerfeld lavished 250 first-class-only eds at the Grand Palais with a bluesy couture catwalk inside a striking makeshift A380 jetliner. Pre-show, the in-air menu for Alice Dellal, Cameron Diaz, Diane Kruger, et al consisted of flutes of mango juice and bubbly—wheeled out in trolleys by decked-out flight attendants, of course.

Paris Haute Couture: Chanel spring/summer 2012 fitting

Take a look at what goes on at a couture catwalk fitting as Karl Lagerfeld and his team prepare for the elaborate, high altitude Chanel couture show.

Fasten your chic belts

Karl Lagerfeld's flight of fancy was a lesson in striking the balance between luxe and flash.

Karl Vs. Karl

In terms of diffusion lines, Karl Lagerfeld’s new collection, launching on Net-a-Porter, is shrouded with a particular amount of buzz that comes with the Lagerfeld name. Here, in this Style.com exclusive, the Kaiser interviews himself about the concepts of the line. “If I see you I think we are quite fresh and relevant. What’s your opinion?” he asks himself. “A question I never ask myself,” he answers. The full video debuts on Net-a-Porter this afternoon.

Paris Haute Couture: Chanel spring/summer 2012

Karl Lagerfeld looked to the skies for Chanel's couture show in Paris this morning, with an elaborate show staged in a Chanel-branded aeroplane.

Pregnant Ambrosio On the Runway (Again), Versace Back At Couture, Tod’s New Capsule Collection, And More…

Alessandra Ambrosio walked the runway for Colcci in São Paulo over the weekend and showed off her baby bump. Ashton Kutcher, who is also a face of the brand, was in the audience. [Huff Po]

After an almost eight-year hiatus, Versace made its return to the Couture runways in Paris today. Donatella Versace called the beaded and embroidered looks “glamorous warriors.” [Telegraph]

Karlie Kloss Makes A Tumblr, J.W. Anderson Debuts His Aldo Collaboration, Balenciaga’s Patti Smith-Inspired Campaign, And More

Model-of-the-moment Karlie Kloss was inspired by her friend Coca Rocha to start a Tumblr, called Kloss Gloss, which she launched this week. She has posted her latest editorials and a behind-the-scenes video from her Numéro shoot with Greg Kadel. [Kloss Gloss]

J.W. Anderson celebrated his collaboration with Aldo at Selfridges last night in London. The designer, along with Christian Cota and Mark Fast, was selected to work with the brand as part of the Aldo Rise initiative. [Vogue U.K.]

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