Karl Lagerfeld's luxury villa in Paris: Auction on June 17th!

Karl Lagerfeld's luxury villa in Paris: Auction on June 17th!

Louveciennes, Frankreich - The last villa of the famous fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld will be auctioned on June 17th. This luxurious property in Louveciennes near Paris offers an impressive living space of 600 square meters and is surrounded by an approximately two hectare park. The starting price for the villa is 4.635 million euros, with potential buyers have to present a deposit check for 927,000 euros, such as OE24 reported.

Karl Lagerfeld had acquired the property in 2014 and owned it until his death in February 2019. Despite the long period in which he had the house, camp field only spent one night there. The main house includes elegant rooms such as an imposing entrance area, two salons, a bedroom with a bathroom, a kitchen and a separate toilet. On the first floor there is a 120 square meter studio and five bedrooms with two other bathrooms.

versatile use and impressive amenities

In addition to the main house, there are several outbuildings, including a library that once served as a stable, as well as two guest houses, a pool house, a swimming pool and a tennis court. ad magazine notes that the villa was only spent once after extensive renovation work of four years. This underlines the fact that Lagerfeld, known for his aversion to memories, was more likely to consider Villa as a retreat than as a permanent place of residence.

In his last phase of life, camp dedicated to fashion and photography. He also designed his last apartment in Paris, which was recently auctioned for 10 million euros. The apartment on the Quai Voltaire was the last refuge of the designer and offered a look at the Seine and the Louvre Museum. ad magazine reports that he felt it as a spaceship in space as an ordinary apartment.

lack of interest in memories

Although Lagerfeld owned numerous properties, including apartments in Monaco and Germany, his Paris apartment on the Quai Voltaire was his most common place of residence. In an interview in 2012, he expressed his clear aversion to memories and stated: "I am strictly against the memory and things like that." This also plays a role in the fact that there will be no camp field museum, since he had no interest in a estate recycling of his works.

For fans and collectors of Lagerfeld's work, future publications about his apartments are also planned to appear at Steidl. While the auction of his villa in Louveciennes is imminent, it is to be hoped that his artistic heritage can live on in a different form.