Karl Lagerfeld To Design Claridge's Christmas Tree

It always heralds the start of the festive season in Mayfair when Claridge'smakes the much-anticipated annual announcement of who will design its famous Christmas tree - and today the hotel has revealed that it is partnering with a legend of the fashion world for this year's collaboration, Karl Lagerfeld.

On collaborating with the iconic hotel, the German-born designer said that “Christmas trees are the strongest ‘souvenir’ of my happy childhood.” His vision of the Claridge's Christmas Tree will be unveiled in the hotel lobby on the morning of November 22 nd.

Lagerfeld's partnership marks the eighth year that Claridge's has invited a creative visionary to put their own stamp on the landmark's festive decoration. In recent years the likes of Jony Ive, chief design officer at Apple, industrial designer Marc Newson, Burberry's Christopher Bailey, and Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have all reimagined the seasonal installation in their own distinctive styles.