There was nobody else with that breadth of culture, with that sense of a life lived on every level.

Coco and Carl, I mean, you could not write this to be a more perfect fashion story,

the way those two people changed everything in the industry.

The Virginie Villar Succession Plan.

It strikes me as kind of like the Sarah Burton-Alexander McQueen succession plan.

There's no way you could possibly replace him.

And I think they're savvy enough not to even try.

With Virginie in charge, Chanel goes on.

How do you think the industry will pay tribute to him?

Almost stately, because he is the emperor and we will never see their kind again.

Hi, this is Imran Ahmed founder and CEO of the Business of Fashion. Today we have a very

special episode of the Bof podcast. As. podcast. As you may have heard,

Karl Lagerfeld, the iconic and legendary fashion designer, died in Paris at the age of 85. And who

better to talk to about the life and work of Carl Lagerfeld than Tim Planx, who, as I understand,

has interviewed Carl Lagerfeld more than 250 times. On this special episode of the BOF podcast, I talked to Tim about all of the

contributions that Carl has made to fashion during his life and what Chanel and Fendi and

fashion will be like without Carl. So here's a special episode

of the BOF podcast on the life and work of Carl Lagerfeld. Well, hello, Tim. This is a special

edition of the BOF podcast. Neither you nor I were planning to be sitting here today having

this conversation, but I guess we all knew that one day this day would come and, you know,

Karl Lagerfeld has died and I just wondered, you know, you've known or you knew Carl for 30, at least 30 years, at least 30 years in a professional capacity.

But nevertheless, over that stretch of time, we sat down and talked.

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