Lagerfeld, Karl. Visions and a decision. Steidl 2007 MODE FASHION

Lagerfeld, Karl and Amanda Harlech.
Visions and a decision. Göttingen, Steidl (2007). 4°. [28] Bl. mit 34
teils doppelblattgr. Duotone-Tafeln. Orig.-Halbleinenband mit
Silberschnitt und illustr. Orig.-Schutzumschlag.

„Karl Lagerfeld has run Chanel for
the last 24 years, with Lady Amanda Harlech at his side for half of that
time in the role of a personal and professional muse. Visions and
Decision, their second collaborative book, combines Lagerfeld’s
black-and-white photographs of Claudia Schiffer, Brad Kroenig and
Sebastien Jondeau from a 1993 Dom Perignon Oenotheque advertising
campaign with a story by Harlech. Her tale charts the sensual fantasies
of a young bachelor, Ghyslain, and Malvina, his bride-to-be; he is
charming and ruthless, she is beautiful and demure. „This is a story of a
young, handsome, old-money couple,“ explains Lagerfeld. „Everything is
perfect, they’re just a little bored.“ With Dom Perignon as the
catalyst, Ghyslain fantasizes about transforming his prim fiancee into a
cast of seductive characters. Harlech’s darkly humorous sensibility,
which informs the Chanel aesthetic, is pitch perfect in this story of
decadent ennui and passive seduction. Modeled on a traditional
fairy-tale book with a title plaque embossed in silver, a black cloth
bookmark and silver printing throughout, Visions and a Decision is
perhaps not without a playful moral. Suppressing our desires is a
dangerous thing; liberating them could be the beginning of a delectable
existence“ (Steidl). – Tadellos.