Lagerfeld Cuts Back, Still Has 3 Hummers

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed)
Dec 12th 2008 at 8:02AM

Even larger-than-live Chanel kingpin Karl Lagerfeld (above with Lindsay Lohan) is scaling down - sort of - during these straitened economic times. For one thing, "I have moved to a smaller house in Paris, and I don't fancy having so much staff now," he reveals to German weekly Die Zeit. However, "The chambermaid, chauffeur and chef are still musts," he says, "around the clock." His passion for gas-guzzling Hummers - the largest model, H1 - continues unabated. "I have three of them," Lagerfeld tells the mag. "Two here in Paris and one in Monte Carlo.... The Hummer is like a tank and gives me a feeling of security. I don't want to drive at the same level as the others." He also weighs in on his new house in Vermont, which we've covered here extensively, noting, "It's very Emily Dickinson. In fact it's almost Puritanical. For me it's a new form of modesty."

Tags: Chanel, Hummer, Karl Lagerfeld, KarlLagerfeld, Monte Carlo, MonteCarlo

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Rich Dec 12th 2008 12:03PM

This guy, to me, is hilarious; a living caricature. Every time I see him, I envision him voicing dialogue from "Sprockets." This pic could be right out of 1978.