Karl Otto Lagerfeld (Hamburg, 10 September 1933) is a German creative director, artist, photographer, and caricaturist living in Paris. He is known as the creative director of the French luxury fashion house Chanel (since 1983), as well as creative director of the Italian fur and leather goods fashion house Fendi and his own eponymous fashion label. Over the decades, he has collaborated on a variety of fashion and art-related projects. He is well recognized around the world for his white hair, black sunglasses, fingerless gloves, and high starched collars.