Lagerfeld To Be Celebrated At The British Fashion Awards

Karl Lagerfeld  will be honoured with the Outstanding Achievement Award at this year's British Fashion Awards. The designer, photographer and tastemaker - who is thought to be set to collect the prize in person - has spent more than fifty years at the very zenith of the industry helming Chanel, Fendi and Chloé during a period of unrivalled creative output.

"Karl Lagerfeld defines outstanding," Natalie Massenet, chair of the British Fashion Council, said today. "He is the champion of excellence, the master of the exceptional and one of the most iconic figures globally from our industry. His life's work for his own and so many extraordinary brands, has written the language of fashion. He is the ultimate visionary and we celebrate not only the decades already passed but those yet to happen. In Karl's hands the future of fashion will be an exceptional one."