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Karl Lagerfeld: I Photographed Carla Bruni Naked

First Posted: 05/17/2010 5:12 am Updated: 05/25/2011 3:50 pm

Karl Lagerfeld sat down with Vice Magazine to talk about everything from Chanel to why he can't shake his shades habit to his acquaintance with France's first lady.

Did you work with Carla Bruni, the French president's wife, when she was a model? Oh yes. She was one of the ten supermodels....She has a great education and speaks many languages. She's perfect for the job of first lady. I even photographed her naked.

Did they dig those up after she became first lady?
Yes, but they were elegant and she had nothing against it. She couldn't care less. She's very cool like that. The photo is beautiful. I can show you the nude of her. I did it for Visionaire in 1998. Everybody knows how a man or a girl is built, and everybody goes to the beach. So where's the problem?

On porn:

I admire porn... And I personally only like high-class escorts. I don't like sleeping with people I really love. I don't want to sleep with them because sex cannot last, but affection can last forever. I think this is healthy. And for the way the rich live, this is possible. But the other world, I think they need porn. I also think it's much more difficult to perform in porn than to fake some emotion on the face as an actor.

About those sunglasses:

They're my burka...I had an interview once with some German journalist -- some horrible, ugly woman. It was in the early days after the communists -- maybe a week after -- and she wore a yellow sweater that was kind of see-through. She had huge tits and a huge black bra, and she said to me, "It's impolite; remove your glasses." I said, "Do I ask you to remove your bra?"

Read the rest at Vice.

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Hardyman1966
The antonym of liberal is INTOLERANT.
12:25 PM on 04/08/2010
Karl, you look like The Joker without a dye job.

You work for Chanel, for God's sake.

Let's not sit in front of a fun house mirror anymore in order to get ready, shall we?
02:41 AM on 03/19/2010
Yeah, you and 50,000 other people ...
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tangelan
You will not cast aspersions on my asparagus.
11:59 PM on 03/18/2010
Who hasn't filmed her naked?
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spinns17
TEAMSTER
01:31 AM on 03/19/2010
me .lol
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BlackYowe
I am a classical- liberal woman and a Jeweler.
11:49 PM on 03/18/2010
Karl Lagerfeld is one ot the creepiest people ever to become rich and famous!
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henrypapillon
Put a Psychiatrist in every NRA meeting.
08:09 AM on 03/18/2010
But, unfortunately, I lost all the negatives.
06:42 AM on 03/18/2010
Heidi Klum is a million times better looking and more successful than Carla, Karl.
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henrypapillon
Put a Psychiatrist in every NRA meeting.
08:08 AM on 03/18/2010
Yes, the Raiders are looking into drafting her.
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Lozange
Aiming around wondrously
03:06 AM on 03/18/2010
Who's Bruce LaBruce and why does he try to inject himself at every chance in the interview? Bruni is a courtisane of no birth. The real class doesn't try this hard.
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Balzac
12:31 AM on 03/18/2010
Good one. That photo is superb.
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omobob
left coast, usa
10:13 PM on 03/17/2010
That Carla Bruni is the most gorgeous first lady in the world is fact.
06:42 AM on 03/18/2010
Uh no


No, she isnt.
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tanx8
What is this fancy box?
02:26 AM on 03/19/2010
I think Queen Rania is.
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06:41 PM on 03/17/2010
There is a big difference between Europe and North America when it comes to attitudes regarding sex, as evidenced by the comments by the man interviewed here.
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05:02 PM on 03/17/2010
This guy is Zoolander.
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02:54 PM on 03/17/2010
Love Karl! Love Karl! Love Karl! (And I understand that one is not supposed to say this. The attitude should be more reserved..)

His penetrating gaze, his honesty, always unique.

Teller of devastating and revealing truths.

Truly truly brilliant designer... but he never should have blocked the Alicia Drake book, The Beautiful Fall. Never, darling, never!! OK. I get it that there were things Drake said that he didn't like.... or even felt were an invasion of his privacy.... but in the final analysis, he comes off so well. He's the real hero of the book...

This sunglasses thing is great. He's an amazing cultural observer....
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Katbird
01:57 AM on 03/18/2010
Ditto!
03:36 AM on 03/18/2010
Who TF cares?