Becoming Karl Lagerfeld

Becoming Karl Lagerfeld

Fashion is made of passion and betrayal.

Created by Isaure Pisani-Ferry, Jennifer Have, Raphaëlle Bacqué

On Disney+

20241 season6 episodes7.4 / 10

A stylish, intimate biographical drama centered on Karl Lagerfeld's transformative encounter with Jacques de Bascher, exploring ambition, desire, and the cost of empire-building in 1970s fashion.

In 1972, Karl Lagerfeld is an unknown 38-year-old designer of ready-to-wear fashion, largely unknown to the public. His encounter with the young Jacques de Bascher, an ambitious and seductive dandy, changes everything.

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