“What I enjoy most is doing something I’ve never done before.”
Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Lagerfeld, is a renowned German fashion designer, artist and photographer, based in Paris. He has collaborated on a variety of fashion and art related projects, most notably for the fashion house Chanel, as head designer and creative director. He likes nothing more than expanding his modes of expression. Now, after all the fashion, the perfumes and accessories, Karl Lagerfeld is releasing his first line of crystal.
Orrefors has produced utility glass and art glass made of crystal since 1898. The Orrefors glassworks has been a Swedish institution for over a century, carrying on the age-old tradition of hand-blown glass shaped by master artisans. With its exquisite engravings, streamlined forms and colours ranging from delicate to rich, the Orrefors brand is one of the great symbols of Swedish design and luxury. It is a world-wide brand, gracing the finest tables such as the Swedish Royal Palace.
The first members of the Lagerfeld crystal family are fancy champagne flutes and coupes and wine, water and liqueur glasses. Transparent, black or milky white, sometimes engraved with the KL monogram, the series typifies the Karl Lagerfeld ethos of ultra-strict lines. And in the spirit of the designer’s well-known practicality, the series also includes glamorous monogrammed coasters to prevent any trace of an errant drop on an immaculate tablecloth.
The Karl Lagerfeld collection of Orrefors crystal is also available in gift boxes containing pairs of monogrammed champagne flutes and separately sold boxes of engraved coasters to place under them. These are available in Europe as of 1 September 2011, then released in the United States for sale exclusively at Bloomingdale’s from 15 October, and nationwide from November 1st 2011.
