By CODO Fashion Experts The iconic couturier, responsible for the Chanel we have come to love and know, has died at the age of 85. As creative director of Chanel for 36 years, Karl Lagerfeld’s designs and stewardship defined an era. That we see another designer as talented and influential in our lifetimes is questionable at best: Karl Lagerfeld is truly irreplaceable.When Karl assumed the reins of Chanel’s creative director in 1983, he breathed new life into the French house, which was on a path of steady decline following Coco Chanel’s death in 1971. His creative genius allowed him to take Chanel’s fundamentals—the tweed suits, teeny black dresses and the staple quilted flap handbags—and modernize them with his savvy knowledge of current popular culture. Whether it was hip-hop, surfer girls, even his post-mortem debut of the après-ski collection in March
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