A huge collection of fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld's earliest sketches, including two that he penned for Elizabeth Taylor, are going under the hammer in Florida this month.
This archive of 125 original sketches and portfolios has been privately owned since the 1960s and will be auctioned in Miami on April 18th by Urban Culture Auctions.
Lagerfeld died in Paris on February 19th at the age of 85.
Many of the hand-colored drawings include fabric swatches and annotations added by the famous German designer.
Designer Karl Lagerfeld died in Paris on February 19th, aged 85, following complications from pancreatic cancer. This is the first significant auction of his work since his death
A selection of early sketches from late designer Karl Lagerfeld will be auctioned in Miami on April 18th 2019. Two of the sketches, including this one, were special designs made for actress Elizabeth Taylor during the sixties
The second design for Elizabeth Taylor, drawn by Karl Lagerfeld during his time as a couturier for Italian fashion house Tiziani in Rome
One of the hand-coloured sketches drawn by Lagerfeld during his time at Tiziani in Rome. Some of the sketches, like this one, are accompanied by swatches of fabric
The collection is derived from Lagerfeld's six-year tenure as a couturier at the House of Tiziani in Rome, Italy.
Tiziani's faithful clients during his period at the fashion house included Elizabeth Taylor, Doris Duke, Gina Lollobrigida and Principessa Borghese.
Lagerfeld's two designs for Taylor are expected to sell for around $3,000 (£2,300) each.
The other portfolio collections, dated between 1963 and 1969, carry an estimate of $2,000-$4,000 (£1,533-£3,067).
Hand-writing: Some of the Lagerfeld sketches are annotated with brief descriptions of the garments or of the outfit
A portion of the archive, which has been publicly owned since the 1960s, was auctioned in 2014, but many of these new sketches have never been seen by the public before
Lagerfeld sketches are extremely rare, as the designer was known to destroy all of his work and once told the New York Times: 'I throw everything away'
'These sketches are the work of one of the most brilliant couturiers of the last half century,"' said Rico Baca the co-owner of Urban Culture Auctions, who is holding the sale.
'They are very rare and might not have survived had they remained in Lagerfeld's possession,' he added.
The collection is considered rare because the designer was known to destroy most of his sketches.
Lagerfeld worked at Tiziani in the 1960s, before freelancing for several fashion brands, including Fendi, Balmain and Patou
Two of the sketches being auctioned in Miami on 19 April. Lagerfeld is most known for bringing French label Chanel back from the near-dead in the 1980. He's the man behind the brand's iconic 'C C' monogram
A dress full of swinging sixties influence; Lagerfeld's sketches reflect the style of the period
In 2007, he told The New Yorker magazine, 'I throw everything away,' with a nod to a nearby wastebasket filled with discarded drawings.
Back in 2014, another auction was hosted by Palm Beach Modern Auctions, of which Urban Culture Auctions is a subdivision.
The 'Lagerfeld + Liz' sale featured sketches from the same Tiziani archive.
The 2014 sale included over 300 original vintage fashion design sketches along with drawings, photos and correspondence from film star Taylor.
In the notes on this outfit, Lagerfeld wrote 'very soft cocktail dress made of Crepe-de-chine silk'
Art: One of the sketches that will be auctioned on April 18th. Lagerfeld worked for Tiziani in Italy for six years
Pretty in Pink. The sketches auctioned are dated from 1963 to 1969. 14 years later he started working for Chanel and remained the fashion house's creative director until his death in 2019
Baca said the owner of the collection auctioned in 2014 had withheld some of his favourite sketches at the time, but now had felt it was time to pass the archive onto new collectors.
Lagerfeld is best known for revamping Chanel in the 1980s. The French fashion house was a 'near-dead-brand' at the time. The German designer breathed fresh air into the label's ready-to-wear collection and turned it into a international fashion powerhouse. He's the man behind the iconic entwined 'CC' monogram.
Before he joined Chanel in 1983, he worked for other famous European couture houses including Fendi, Chloe, Patou, Balmain and of course Tiziani.
Picture: one of Lagerfeld's sketch book as well as five hand-coloured sketches featuring different styles. Some of the notes next to the drawings are written in French while other were written in Italian
He continued working on projects with Fendi until his death following complications from pancreatic cancer.
Lagerfeld requested no formal funeral with plans for cremation and ashes spread at secret locations alongside his mother as well as his late partner, Jacques de Bascher.
The sale will take place via Urban Culture Auctions on Thursday, 18th April 2019.
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