In the December 2008 issue, Karl Lagerfeld shared his vision for “the most exclusive party of the year”, where “even the guest list is shrouded in mystery”.
Japanese milliner Katsuya Kamo – a frequent Junya Watanabe collaborator – would have been the one to design guests’ “veiled headpieces” at’s make-believe soirée. One particular dilettante, pictured here, would top theirs “with a vintage diamond headpiece, believed to be set with emeralds from the treasury of Tsar Alexander II”.
As for her other jewellery? “Her Graff diamond necklace is the most expensive in the world, and her earrings are by Moussaieff,” Lagerfeld wrote.“Two guests in McQueen, with Madame de Pompadour-style hair and painted-on masks of make-up.” Lagerfeld had a special fondness for the 1700s. “The 18th century was a most polite century,” he once. “And so modern. It was perfect. The rooms were so flattering to live in. You can age gracefully in them. No one was young; no one was old.
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