In 1983 Karl Lagerfeld joined Chanel as its chief artistic director fashion designer. A year later March 5, 1984 he finishes his new Haute Couture collection in the Chanel studio on rue Cambon in Paris. This Autumn Winter collection will be shown three weeks later. Chanel was on the brink of total financial loss, but Lagerfeld succeeded to bring the company back to life. An atmosphere of creative work prevails in the studio as his team puts the final touches for the coming runway show. KL with his right-hand man Gilles Dufour. (Photo by John van Hasselt/Corbis via Getty Images)

German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld and his godson Hudson Kroenig walk on stage after models presented creations for Chanel during the "Chanel defilee" fashion show at the Elbphilarmonie in Hamburg, nothern Germany, on December 6, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / PATRIK STOLLARZ (Photo credit should read PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images)

PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 03: Chanel Designer Karl Lagerfeld walks the runway during the Chanel Haute Couture Fall Winter 2018/2019 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 3, 2018 in Paris, France. (Photo by Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

German fashion designer of Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld (L), flanked by French fashion studio director of Chanel Virginie Viard (R), acknowledges the audience at the end of the Chanel Spring-Summer 2019 Ready-to-Wear collection fashion show in Paris, on October 2, 2018. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP) (Photo credit should read BERTRAND GUAY/AFP/Getty Images)