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Mansion once belonging to Karl Lagerfeld is up for sale — and it’s cheaper than you might expect | CNN

Karl Lagerfeld, who was known to have a portfolio of lavish homes, once said: “The most beautiful house is always the next one.” Your next house could be this graceful French mansion, previously owned by both the late German designer and by European royalty. The seven-bedroom property, situated less than an hour from Paris, is on sale for 2.7 million euros ($3.1 million). According to the property listing with realtor PYLA Paris, Manoir du Mée “is an elegant 18th-century residence” that previously belonged to Lagerfeld and then to Princess Caroline of Monaco. Lagerfeld, who died in Paris in 2019, owned the property for at least a decade until 1998. Chanel staged photo shoots there during that time, including one featuring French supermodel Inès de la Fressange. Princess Caroline and her family later lived there for six years, during which time her children attended a local school. Her daughter, Charlotte, drew on the walls upstairs and some of that artwork still remains, according to Alexis Feyfant, owner of real estate agency PYLA Paris. The house was built in 1749 for a notable local family, the Faguiers, Feyfant told CNN in a telephone interview. He said another distin

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Slouch or sashay? New V&A Dundee exhibit explores the origins of the catwalk

In 2017, Karl Lagerfeld went where no fashion designer had gone before, by launching a Chanel-branded rocket at his show in Paris. The 35-metre-tall missile may have only risen 10 metres into the air, but it created headlines around the…

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Slouch or sashay? New V&A Dundee exhibit explores the origins of the catwalk

In 2017, Karl Lagerfeld went where no fashion designer had gone before, by launching a Chanel-branded rocket at his show in Paris. The 35-metre-tall missile may have only risen 10 metres into the air, but it created…

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Mansion once belonging to Karl Lagerfeld is up for sale — and it’s cheaper than you might expect | CNN

Karl Lagerfeld, who was known to have a portfolio of lavish homes, once said: “The most beautiful house is always the next one.” Your next house could be this graceful French mansion, previously owned by both the…

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