Karl Lagerfeld is like a father to Diane Kruger. Chanel’s creative director is a close friend of the 33-year-old actress, and she enjoys spending time with him when she is in Paris. Diane explained: “Oh, Karl. I pop in to see him at work if I’m in the area. He doesn’t do dinners but he’s got this great catering guy at work who just cooks...

Beth Ditto doesn’t care if Karl Lagerfeld likes her. The Gossip singer - who recently designed her own range of clothes for British high street store Evans - met the fashion designer at Paris Fashion Week earlier this year and although they got on, Beth doesn’t count him as a friend. She said: “Do I enjoy standing next to Karl Lagerfeld? Yes, that was...

Karl Lagerfeld has attacked Seal’s appearance. The Chanel designer - who previously said the singer’s wife Heidi Klum was ‘no runway’ model - blasted the ‘Kiss From A Rose’ star’s facial scarring, which was caused by a teenage bout of Discoid lupus erythematosus. Karl said: ‘I am no dermatologist but I wouldn’t want...

Coco Chanel is having quite a year. With two biopics out this year, starring two of the most beautiful women playing her; Audrey Tautou and Anna Mouglalis. She would no doubt be rather flattered. Audrey Tautou’s film titled ‘Coco avant Chanel’ follows the life of the queen of fashion, while Anna Mouglalis plays Coco in a film about her affair with Russian composer...

Amy Winehouse seems an odd choice for the fashion world to love. Ok, so she has a crazy beehive and some interesting eye make up. But let’s face it, it’s been a long time since anyone saw her fully clothed. That hasn’t stopped the fash pack from declaring her a muse and thus creating a style icon. And now she is set to turn her hand to fashion design. She is loved...

Last night Karl Lagerfeld presented the Chanel Cruise collections in the Italian city of Venice. It was of course the most beautiful of settings, and is probably the most suited city to the elegance and romance that surrounds the Chanel brand. The catwalk took place on the boardwalk on the Lido beach, a true dream setting and again perfect for cruise. The invitation...

It would seem that the French fashion houses have discovered the internet and the power of viral marketing. First up there was Chanel, which had a very lovely Lara Stone trying on clothes in a fitting room with Karl Lagerfeld offering direction. The

Designers do seem to have a taste for the theatrics, first Viktor & Rolf, then Thierry Mugler, and most

I don’t know if you’ve heard but it’s Barbie’s 50th birthday. She has been keeping it fairly low key, only a