Displayed like a precious artifact under a clear
acrylic case, a set of colored pencils in midtown Manhattan is proving
irresistible to coloring aficionados and sketch artists.
The black lacquered cabinet is stamped with the distinctive pony-tailed
profile of its creator: Karl Lagerfeld, creative director of Chanel and
Fendi. With a price tag of $3,000+ including sales tax, each pencil is
worth roughly $12 (considering the various sharpeners included).
MoMA tells Quartz that there’s already a wait list for the limited edition box set.
For Lagerfeld-obsessed aesthetes, the price isn’t that hard to
justify—the latest Chanel tweed jackets designed by the 83-year-old
fashion designer retails for at least twice that.
“I wanted to become an illustrator, so I
studied every book of costume from any kind of period and tried to make
illustrations,” said Lagerfeld in a 2013 interview
at the Lincoln Center. Aside from his fashion sketches, Lagerfeld also
dabbled as a book illustrator for the 2014 Coco Chanel biography, The Allure of Chanel.
With many thanks to Quartz
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