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    gawkimo: I've always associated Chanel as the fashion label of choice for the wives of Malaysian prime ministers and New Jersey mobsters. more »
    great_white_snark: As someone who couldn't be any further from the industry- did Karl always look like this? more »
    Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: Presumably there still exist people in the world with the last name Chanel? What are they to do, exactly? more »
    Rumpelstilskin: Lagerfeld really is the the Michael Jackson of the fashion world - talented but truly scary in mind and body. more »
    gladys_kravitz: His makeup is from the Chanel mortuary collection. more »
    Private Hangnail: I was going to host a Chanel-a-thon Fourth of July party, but now my dreams of a Chanel get-together have been deChanelled. What in the Chanel am I go... more »
    Mount_Prion: Meanwhile, rising undergarment industry star Hoi Polloi Hosiery is meeting with lawyers to discuss suing for the title of this post. more »
    resipsaloquacious: Nice try, Foster. This post is merely bait for commenting lawyers to disagree with you and thus give you a pretext to ban or destar (oh, the horror!).... more »
    Mohamed Ndiaye-Kingué: Does Lagerfeld still have any original skin left on his face? more »
    Claudia Maria Alonso: To be honest, and as someone who is involved in the industry..I could not be happier that Chanel ran this ad in WWD. More power to the brand and Karl. more »
    Dickdogfood: Our family has owned about five different bearded collies over the last forty years, so I speak from experience when I say Karl looks like he could us... more »
    spitneybeers: This trendy slut wants to use a Chanel condom! Incidentally, Foster, the commoners are taking the name of Chanel in vain, not in vein. more »
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    Karl Lagerfeld Will Not Tolerate Hoi Polloi Appropriations Of Chanel

    Chanel, the legendary fashion brand run by Mugatu-esque overlord/enemy to Heidi Klums everywhere, Karl Lagerfeld, is pissed. They let everyone know how much they cringe when you use their name to refer to anything but Chanel. Dare speaketh Chanel?! More »