Karl Who?

In recent days, Karl Lagerfeld, who is regarded as the fashion guru by all the people, has become the hot-seating. I know he is always hot no matter when and no matter where, but this time his considerable fame doesn’t go to his documentaries or some new interview, instead, it owes to a simple plain white canvas bag carried by him very often.

What on earth does make this white canvas bag so different and popular? I think most of you have seen the Anya Hindmarch’s “I’m Not A Plastic Bag” or Longchamp’s ironic “It Bag”, then following in the footsteps of them, this simple white bag with painted print of “Karl Who?”, successfully has translated a whimsical sense of humor that is only so funny because it is so rhetorical.

By that token, questioning one’s own identity might just become the next trend! Karl Lagerfeld calls this next bag-hot-track: the psy bag. Like having a quiet, honest dialogue with yourself or a monologue, it’s part of emotional healing but it’s more than that. “I find it flattering,” Lagerfeld told WWD from the front row at Dior Homme yesterday. “Somebody offered one to me and now Colette has picked it up.”

The bag, designed by Naco-Paris, is not yet available online from the French boutique – but all eyes will be trained on the website for its Lagerfeld-approved release. The good news is that so far the “Karl Who?” t-shirt and tote are available as well, pretty fresh and funny.