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Karl

Cindy Crawford, Karl Lagerfeld, and Claudia Schiffer, during a Chanel fashion show in Paris, 1993.

When is the last time you have lusted after something you saw in a shop window? Can you even remember? Because 10 minutes into Karl, a new documentary on the German-French fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld—directed by Nick Hooker (with AIR MAIL co-editor Graydon Carter as executive producer)—you may find yourself trolling 1stDibs for something, anything, that this madman dreamed up over his nearly 60-year career. More than a portrait, the film looks beyond the ponytailed personality to reveal the clothes—especially those from Chanel—that made the man. —Ashley Baker

Photo: Karl Lagerfeld