‘Paris is a nightmare now. I lived in a world that no longer exists’: Fashion legend Karl Lagerfeld decries the French capital and says it now has a ‘feeling of danger’

Tuesday, July 12, 2016
By Paul Martin

Karl Lagerfeld, 82, has been the head of Chanel’s fashion house since 1983
He moved to Paris in the 1950s and says the capital is a different world now
‘Paris is a nightmare now. It’s not a cliche any more,’ said the fashion icon
The German-born designer said the city has gained a feeling of danger

By GARETH DAVIES
DailyMail.com
12 July 2016

One of Paris’ most famous adopted sons Karl Lagerfeld has decried the French capital saying it is a different world to the city he began to call home in the 1950s.

Having been heavily targeted by terrorists in the last 18 months, notably in November when 130 people were slaughtered by ISIS, Paris has gained a feeling of danger, said the fashion legend.

‘Paris by night is a nightmare now. It is not a cliché anymore,’ the 82-year-old at the helm of Chanel said.

The German-born designer moved to Paris in 1950 to take up his first job in the capital under French fashion giant Pierre Balmain.
When he first set eyes on the city, he told CNN the scene was idyllic, and that it looked like an old French movie.
Fast-forward more than half a century and what Lagerfeld sees is very different.

He condemned the weather, demonstrations and strikes, saying the Paris of today is like another world.

‘There was no feeling of danger, and not even a boy of 16 years old could walk in the street,’ he said.

‘This is not the most glamorous moment in Paris.

‘Paris by night is a nightmare now. It is not a cliché anymore.

‘I must say, in my whole life I never saw Paris that gloomy.’

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