I had to go into the archives for this story, because I had vague memories of Karl Lagerfeld deigning to discuss politics in the past, but I remembered that he actually wasn’t that political. As it turns out, Karl has said in the past that he doesn’t vote and doesn’t like to get involved in politics, but he does have admiration for certain women in politics, especially political wives. He praised Michelle Obama repeatedly, calling her face “magical” and saying that Michelle was what Europeans think of as The American Woman. As it turns out, Karl is also a fan of Melania Trump. Melania just wore a Lagerfeld design this week at the White House, and Karl thinks she has a “good body.” He also thinks people just need to “deal with it” that we have an unhinged maniac as president.
Karl Lagerfeld, who was rumored to dress Melania Trump for the inauguration, doesn’t mix fashion and politics.
“Fashion people are fashion, they are not politics,” he tells WSJ Magazine’s March issue. Referring to German chancellor Angela Merkel, he said, “Maybe her clothes are horrible, but she is not in fashion, hmm?”
The designer reveals he “loved Michelle Obama,” and “Mrs. Trump is a very nice woman and pretty handsome. Good body, no? And this Ivanka is quite cute, no?”
He says, “I knew [Donald] Trump before, when he was not in politics. I’m not American, but he’s a democratically elected president … so people have to deal with it.”
Some might say Karl’s comments about Melania and Ivanka are sort of sexist, but really… what else is there to discuss except how they look? Ivanka wanders around the White House like everyday is Take Your Daughter to Work Day. Melania is hiding out in the Manhattan Penthouse of Sadness. So, I think he’s perfectly justified in discussing what they look like. I enjoy the description of Melania as “handsome” for some reason, but I disagree that Ivanka is “quite cute.” I also disagree that we just have to “deal” with Trump. This current situation cannot be sustained. The country is incapable of dealing with it, and we shouldn’t have to.
Here’s Melania’s Karl Lagerfeld suit on Wednesday:
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
When you’re in 1%, you never care who is elected…he’ll probably dress Le Pen too.
He won’t dress Lepen.
In France,The politic persons buy their own clothes.
Many of our persons are corrupted,dishonest and greedy but the designers don’t offer or share outfits.
but he doesn’t think twice about his own tax evasions issues and corrupting his rich political friends to avoid problems with the tax office does he….
Yeah, we do have to deal with it. And we will deal with it by using our voices and sticking together to stop this moron and his minions.
we don’t have to shut up and accept whatever insane shenanigans just because he was ‘democratically elected’ .
Exactly so, Clare! He is correct that Trump is elected so we have to deal with it. And we are.
Well said, Clare.
So was Hitler.
No he wasn’t
He lost the presidential election in 1932 but was appointed Chancellor in a minority govt in 1933.
And no Karl, we don’t have to deal with it. In the Us that right is upheld by the First Amendment.
This.
When people say “deal with it”, do they really mean shut up?? Because people are dealing. They’re protesting. They’re donating to the ACLU. They’re calling their legislative representatives. They’re calling out the lies. They’re making a case for investigations. So people ARE dealing. Just not the way some want us to.
Imo, people tip their hand when they say stuff like that, even if they’re trying to walk a fine line and not sound biased. Lagerfeld is a well known @sshole who lives in a bubble of vapidity, so yeah. *eyeroll*
Yes, it’s another way of saying “sit down and shut up”. And it’s always the people who are or will be unaffected, and don’t care about others who are.
I agree we are dealing by fighting it.
Yeah, he means “lie down and suffer through it”. Which is one way to deal, I suppose. Fighting to call out and remove a dangerous sociopath from office is another.
STFU, Karl.
Rich, spoiled, white man supports Trump? SHOCKER.
It’s going to be great seeing all these assholes try to claim they never supported Trump when he is arrested, charged with treason, and sent to prison.
Which won’t happen
a girl can dream? its the only hope I have at this point 🙁
There’s a reason why Michael K calls him Kunty Karl. He’s just awful
OMG I didn’t know that! I always liked Michael Kors…:-)
I think she means Michael K as in a writer on Dlisted but I could be wrong.
@Lynnie, you’re right.
Thanks for the clarification.
“so people have to deal with it.” – shut up, Karl.
Russia helped a bit with that election Karl. Oh yeah and LePen also sucks and is against homosexuality. Hope you don’t have to deal with that!
karl was against homosexual marriage.
he s sellout to his aristocratic friends ,who aren’t very progressive either.
Pfffttt. Go away.
I’m only here for pics of my boo Bibi.
But what does Choupette think?
These vulgar people are beneath Choupette. She doesn’t know them
Aww Choupette would look so cute in a little pink pussy hat!
I don’t know what anyone was expecting.
Going by the gloves, and that entire get-up — that’s really Madonna posing in a rubber mask of Lagerfeld, isn’t it?
Probably Madonna in her way INTO her touch-up surgical procedures! 😂
You look ridiculous, Karl. Deal with it.
Good god! How many corpses does drumpf have on his payroll?
If he can make a few bucks off of Melania he is fine with everything. Actually, he said exactly nothing since everyone has no choice but to “deal” with so-called president Trump in their own ways.
Please stop covering this ridiculous man. Give us Riz Ahmed or Dev Patel or John Cho instead. New rule: for every Karl L. article we get one hot Asian guy article to wash away the taste. Why Asian? Fair enough. Any hot guy will do, but there really isn’t enough coverage of hot Asian guys on English-speaking sites. Have you seen Harry Shum Jr dance? That will kick the Karl aftertaste right out of your life.
Dev Patel, so gorgeous.
Dev and Harry are my current favs. John Cho is hall of fame for me. His personality and those eyes…
i cannot stand him. Lagerfeld is not human. Yes, he can be funny, but he is a cruel whatever he is.
His Cancellation form Is all ready on my desk
Was he ever activated?
Not really, it was more like he was Chouppette +1 TBH
@ QQ
Lmaoooooooooooooooooo !!
My form was signed and delivered.
Dear Karl
How would you feel if someone takes choupette from you?
This is how we feel about democracy
So there is not dealing with it ! we’re fighting for it!
He’s not American, so this is not really that big of a deal imho. Yeah, I disagree with him, but he had the moral right to honestly give zero ffs about this
Deal with it = shut up
I have always thought there was something mannish about Melania’s looks. I guess handsome is a polite way to say “cat face.”
Cats of the world are offended right now…
Trump being elected doesn’t affect him so why would he care? Trump’s tax relief for rich people is all this f*cker probably cares about.
hmmm, he is German and lives in France, so I wonder how a tax relief will affect him?
if he wants to avoid to pay it ,trump usa is one possibility.but for now every tax scandal he s invovled in in france is shut.
If he works in the U.S. at all (in any capacity) then he has to pay taxes in the U.S. too.
Take a seat, Karl. No, Trump was not democratically elected, and no, we don’t have to “deal with it”. We have to fight it, which many of us are.
Looks like Karl is adopting a “Shut up and sew” mentality which is how it should be. We do not need celebrities telling us what to think. Besides, who would not want to dress Melania? She is gorgeous.
the body language in that pic is super weird. trump is actually leaning away from his wife and is practically, physically snuggling up to netanyahu, like touching him.
Calling Melania “handsome” is definitely passive-aggressive, since she was a very prominent model, although I can’t find any record of her working for Chanel. Literally, Karl looked at her and passed her over back when she was working.
As a German, he should know better. That’s all.
I thought he was dead.
Tell that to the people who will be harmed by this election. The ACA. The possible removal of medicare/medicaid. People will be dying and loosing their houses. I might be one of them.
Is it true only approx 60% voted? What were you doing?