Perfect Tribute

to celebrate the late designer Karl Lagerfeld’s legacy, a collective of the designer’s friends and fellow creative has come together to reimagine his signature shirting. the sharing of memories and anecdotes, entitled “A tribute to Karl: the White Shirt Project”. Model and actress cara Delevingne is one amongst the contributors for the reimagining.

“It’s such an honour to be involved in something so close to Karl and to honour his memory”, Delevingne tells Vogue. the model’s shirt features sketches of her tattoos, from the lion’s head to the word “happy”. “Karl was always fascinated by the story of my tattoos”, she explained. “It was a way of linking our artistic expression while honouring his memory.”

beside Delevingne, 90’s supermodel Kate Moss also interpreted Lagerfeld’s uniform. Moss found inspiration in Sonny Hall a poet and model represented by the Kate Moss Agency. the words written on the left hand side of her shirt are from a verse in Hall’s poetry called Clutching Pens. “It’s about laughter and happiness,” Moss continued. “As Karl was always holding a pen and laughing, I think it is the perfect tribute to him.”

each of seven designs will be replicated 77 times and sold for €777 (£700) on karl.com and farfetch. com from September 26, in accordance with Lagerfeld’s favourite number, seven. All proceeds will go to Sauver la Vie’s medical research at Paris Descartes University, which the designer supported for a number of years and drew its logo by hand.