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Karl Lagerfeld to design for Paris Opéra

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norman lebrecht

February 10, 2016

It’s Benjamin Millepied’s parting gift.

The fashion icon will kit out George Balanchine’s piece ‘Brahms-Schönberg Quartet’ at the Paris Opéra this July, Women’s Wear Daily reports.

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RW2013 says:

February 10, 2016 at 10:08 am

sounds more like a threat than a gift…

Pianofortissimo says:

February 10, 2016 at 10:35 am

Mr Lagerfeld hates fat people. Who’s singing (maybe the costumes will not fit)?

Peter Freeman says:

February 10, 2016 at 10:56 am

It’s a ballet, PF, so no singers!

Eddie Mars says:

February 10, 2016 at 2:47 pm

The triumph of piffle over content.

Presumably this is “Gift” in the German sense?

But the glossies will be all over it, praising his ‘talent’. Should shift a few tickets, in the absence of genuine ability, though.

Jeffrey E. Salzberg says:

February 10, 2016 at 5:54 pm

There’s a huge difference between designing for fashion and designing for the stage. Theatrical costumes exist in a different scale, and a gifted theatrical designer makes subtle comments about the characters and their relationship with each other. In ballet, especially, the ability to move is paramount.