BECOMING KARL LAGERFELD

BECOMING KARL LAGERFELD is a French television series created by Isaure Pisani-Ferry, Jennifer Have, and Raphaëlle Bacqué. It stars Daniel Brühl as Karl Lagerfeld. Filming began in early March 2023 in France, Monaco, and Italy. The series was released on Disney+ on June 7, 2024. BECOMING KARL LAGERFELD consists of 6 episodes.

STORY: The series will chronicle the rise of Karl Lagerfeld through the world of 1970s Parisian high fashion.

GAY COUPLE STORYLINE: Jacques de Bascher (Théodore Pellerin) first met Karl Lagerfeld (Daniel Brühl) at the Nuage at the age of twenty-one. A few months later, after Jacques de Bascher resigned from Air France, they began to live together; they lived together until 1989. Lagerfeld claimed their relationship was platonic and non-physical.

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Karl Lagerfeld (Daniel Brühl) & Jacques de Bascher (Théodore Pellerin)

DANIEL BRÜHL (2024) June 16, 1978, Barcelona, Spain

THÉODORE PELLERIN (2024) June 13, 1997, Québec, Canada

SPECIAL: Karl Lagerfeld appreciated Bascher's vast literary culture, impertinence, aristocratic appearance, and his manner of dressing. They usually spent their time in gay nightclubs, like "Le 7". In 1973, Yves Saint Laurent, at the time still companion of Pierre Bergé, fell in love with Jacques de Bascher. While Lagerfeld pretended he didn't notice, Yves Saint Laurent and Jacques de Bascher had an unbalanced and destructive relationship. Bergé threatened de Bascher, who put an end to this affair. During these years, Jacques de Bascher, who did not work and was supported by Lagerfeld, fell into risky sexual practices, and eventually drugs and alcohol put him into a paranoid state. Sex was a huge part of de Bascher's life. He had relationships with both men and women. He was known for organizing orgies and an infamous BDSM party named "Black Moratorium", which was funded by Lagerfeld.

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