The Little Black Jacket

Chanel´s Classic Revisited

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This book is Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld’s reinterpretation of Chanel’s iconic little black jacket. Lagerfeld has
redesigned the jacket, transforming it into a modern, adaptable garment to be worn by both sexes of all ages. The Little
Black Jacket contains Lagerfeld’s photographs of celebrities wearing the jacket with individual flair – sometimes
classic, sometimes irreverent, but always Chanel – and each styled by Carine Roitfeld. A range of accomplished
actors, musicians, designers, models, writers and directors gets the little black jacket treatment, including Claudia
Schiffer, Uma Thurman, Kanye West, Tilda Swinton, Baptiste Giabiconi, Yoko Ono and Sarah Jessica Parker. This
book shows the astounding versatility of Chanel’s vision in Lagerfeld’s hands, and ensures the little black jacket’s
future as a timeless classic.
Karl Lagerfeld, fashion designer, book dealer and publisher, began working as a photographer in 1987. Lagerfeld has
received the Lucky Strike Design Award from the Raymond Lewy Foundation, the cultural prize from the German
Photographic Society, and the ICP Trustees Award at the International Center of Photography’s Infinity Awards in
2007. His recent exhibitions include “Konkret Abstrakt Gesehen” at the Langen Foundation in Neuss, and “Metamorphoses
of an American – A Cycle of Youth, 2003–8” at Pace/MacGill in New York. Steidl has published most of
Lagerfeld’s books, including Casa Malaparte (1998), A Portrait of Dorian Gray (2004), Room Service (2006) and
The Beauty of Violence (2010).
Carine Roitfeld is a fashion writer and stylist, and was editor-in-chief of French Vogue from 2001 to 2011. Roitfeld
began her career as a model before moving to French Elle as a journalist and stylist. Meeting Mario Testino then marked
the beginning of an ongoing collaboration that saw the pair create groundbreaking advertising campaigns and editorial
shoots. Roitfeld worked as a consultant with Tom Ford during his time at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, and her book
Irreverent was published in 2011.