Karl: Cara Is Fashion’s Charlie Chaplin

Karl Lagerfeld  has compared Cara Delevingne to one of the greatest comedians of all time - the legendary Charlie Chaplin.

"She's a character. She's the Charlie Chaplin of the fashion world," said Lagerfeld. "She is kind of genius, like a character out of a silent movie. I would see her better in a silent movie than a talkie because she over-accents the movement. Girls admire her like they used to Kate Moss. They all want to be as free as her."

Cara Delevingne

He also applauded a few of the other leading ladies in his life - Kate Moss ("She's the free girl of our times. And she was not living on Vichy water all her life"); Victoria Beckham ("She can look cold, but she is not, she's cheerful"); his beloved pet Choupette ("She has impeccable manners"); and the Queen.

"Nobody does the job better than she does," he said of the British monarch. "She is never ridiculous, She is flawless. For this job, in our day, she is perfect. She's not supposed to be a fashion icon who is changing fashion. The Duchess of Cambridge can do that. Kate is chic in a classic way, but sometimes, with her Philip Treacy hats, Camilla is wilder. I know people who know her. Apparently, she's full of wit and spirit."

Lagerfeld's beauty ritual of coating his hair with dry shampoo to make it look white is no secret, although the reason he does so is a little more surprising.

"My mother had beautiful white hair," he told  The Sunday Times. "Mine is a little pee-pee yellow, so that's why I put the white powder in."