Karl Lagerfeld
In his hometown of Hamburg, a road is named after him
Karl Lagerfeld was born in Hamburg in 1933.
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The Karl Lagerfeld Promenade has been inaugurated in Hamburg. The footpath honors one of the Hanseatic city’s most famous sons.
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld (1933-2019) may have started his global career in Paris, but he remained connected to his birthplace Hamburg throughout his life. Five years after the death of the fashion icon, the city on the Alster has now named a street after one of its most famous sons: On Thursday (May 30), the 155-meter-long Karl Lagerfeld Promenade was inaugurated, as reported by the NDR, among others. The footpath is located directly on an Alsterfleet and borders on the Neuer Wall.
Perfect location next to Chanel boutique
The location for the new Karl Lagerfeld Promenade was not chosen by chance. “Firstly, the Chanel boutique, which borders the promenade. His spiritual gas station, the Felix Jud bookstore, is also just a few hundred meters down the promenade,” explained Hamburg’s Senator for Culture Carsten Brosda (49) to NDR.
Karl Lagerfeld, who died in Paris on February 19, 2019, was born in Hamburg as the son of a canned milk manufacturer. He spent his childhood in Schleswig-Holstein. His mother Elisabeth Bahlmann (1897-1978) later sent him to a school in the French capital. Lagerfeld later famously made a career in the fashion industry there. As creative director of Chanel, he shaped the international fashion world.