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Karl Lagerfeld says Adele is 'a little too fat' Online comments reveal anger over the 78-year-old Chanel designer's suggestion that the singer is overweight. In related news, Lagerfeld also declares a dislike for Greeks and the Queen
 Karl Lagerfeld has been saying something vaguely rude about Adele 'national treasure' Adkins Photograph: Antonio de Moraes Barros Filho/ Tom Dymond/WireImage/ Rex Features
Well, quelle surprise, the web is in uproar because Karl Lagerfeld has called Adele "a little too fat" in a free newspaper he was guest editing. The Chanel designer made the comments in the Metro (not that one that clogs up London's tube, the one that is distributed in Europe) when he was asked for his opinions on female popstars. Of Adele he said "She is a little too fat, but she has a beautiful face and a divine voice." He's then asked about Vogue coverstar Lana del Rey and replies with a far more favourable "not bad at all. She looks very much like a modern-time singer. In her photos she is beautiful. Is she a construct with all her implants?" Is it just me or is this not just a monumental eye rolling moment here? Anyone with even the vaguest interest in fashion should know by now that Karl just loves to wind folk up with the odd contentious comment that plays up the ivory-tower-designer schtick. The 2007 documentary Lagerfeld Confidential was littered with quotable nonsense. His recent show for Chanel's Paris-Bombay collection inspired by India – somewhere he had never visited - was most memorable for a soundbite in which he suggested that it was "much more inspiring not to go to places than to go." The result of this is that he gets to look a bit provocative – no mean feat for a man of 78 – whilst the Chanel brand isn't dented in the least. Like his recent runway shows, whose grand set designs have featured icebergs, airplanes and the like, Lagerfeld clearly likes to make as much of a statement with his mouth as he does with his designs. It's not just Adele who has missed out on the all-important Karl blessing of approval. It seems he's not a fan of Russian men, the Queen or Greece, and thinks that Obama would never have been elected without Michelle. It's all here should you want more of the wisdom of Lagerfeld. Should we take it to heart? Of course not, and I'm willing to bet Adele hasn't. I'm also willing to bet that Lana del Rey is going to be couriered a front row ticket to the Chanel show in Paris next month | 
Post time 24-11-2011 01:03 AM
