Earlier today, I found a 1973 interview with old Karl Lagerfeld on YouTube. In the video, Lagerfeld talks about how he got his start as a designer in Paris back in 1952. The interview is unfortunately in German, but there are subtitles for those of us who do not sprechen sie deutsche (obviously, I don't). Hard to believe the whole Lagerfeld empire (the diet, the hair, the leather gloves) began with a single wool coat.