Fendi Astrakhan Coat by Karl Lagerfeld (AW 2006)

This garment is in outstanding condition with no or minimal signs of wear. Any flaws present are negligible and do not detract from the overall appearance or integrity of the piece.

Karl Lagerfeld was appointed creative director of Fendi in 1965 and held the position for fifty-four years until his death in 2019, the longest collaboration between a designer and a house in fashion history. He arrived at a traditional Roman furrier and immediately began reworking the material: removing heavy linings, shaving fur, layering it with other fabrics, and making it wearable beyond the winter season for the first time. In one of his first meetings with the Fendi sisters he sketched the FF logo, standing for Fun Furs, in a matter of seconds. He launched women's ready-to-wear for the house in 1977 and later created Haute Fourrure as a fur couture category, staging its debut show on a glass catwalk built over the Trevi Fountain in Rome. He designed over 100 collections for Fendi across his tenure, simultaneously holding the creative directorship of Chanel from 1983 onward.

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• Runway piece from Fendi Autumn-Winter 2006 Ready-to-Wear collection
• Part of  the 'Karl Lagerfeld: a line of beauty' exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from 5 May to 16 July 2023.