Paris: Iconic fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has passed away at 85 after prolonged illness. The fashion designer, who was the creative director of Chanel died on Tuesday, February 19. His death comes barely a month after he failed to greet the audience at the end of a Chanel fashion show in Paris because he was feeling tired.
Known for his trademark white hair, black sunglasses, fingerless gloves and high starched collars, he was the creative director of the French luxury fashion house Chanel (since 1983), as well as creative director of the Italian fur and leather goods fashion house Fendi and his own eponymous fashion label.
