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Karl Lagerfeld - incomparable iconoclast leaves behind a powerful legacy
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Gordon Ng
SINGAPORE - German designer - nay, global celebrity and pop-culture icon - Karl Lagerfeld died in Paris on Tuesday (Feb 19) aged 85. Where to begin for a man whose long life and prolific career are the stuff of legend?
The news first came as a shock - Lagerfeld was the kind of character you imagine immortal. He was the institution, as far as fashion was concerned.
