
The Artisanal Line.
Photo: Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of ArtMany of the looks in “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty” will be familiar to keen runway watchers who saw them first on Style.com or Vogue Runway. We’re continually expanding our archive, to include not only the latest shows but archival ones as well. With millions of images at hand, we were able to collect some of the debuts of designs, signed Karl Lagerfeld, that are now on display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute.
Premieres d’Ateliers

Fendi, fall 2012 ready-to-wear
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / GoRunway.com
Fendi, fall 1993 ready-to-wear
Photo: Condé Nast Archive
Fendi, fall 2018 couture
Photo: Kim WestonArnold / Indigital.tvFendi, spring 2013 ready-to-wear
Yannis Vlamos / GoRunway.comFendi, spring 2013 ready-to-wear
Yannis Vlamos / GoRunway.com
Chanel, spring 2019 couture
Photo: Alessandro Lucioni / Gorunway.com
Karl Lagerfeld, fall 2010 ready-to-wear
Photo: Marcio Madeira / FirstView.com
Karl Lagerfeld, fall 2008 ready-to-wear
Photo: Marcio MadeiraFeminine Line/Masculine Line

Feminine Line, Chanel, fall 2004 couture
Photo: Marcio Madeira
Feminine Line, Chanel, fall 2004 couture
Photo: Marcio Madeira
Explosion, Chanel, spring 2018 couture
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigital.tv
Masculine Line, Chanel, spring 1995 couture
Photo: Guy Marineau / Condé Nast Archive
Masculine Line, Chanel, fall 2016 couture
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigital.tv
Masculine Line, Chanel, spring 2005 couture
Photo: Marcio Madeira
Masculine Line, Chanel, fall 2002 couture
Photo: Style.com
Masculine Line, Chanel, fall 2003 couture
Photo: Style.comRomantic Line/Military Line

Romantic Line, Chanel, pre-fall 2015
Gianni Pucci / Indigitalimages.com
Romantic Line, Chanel
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigital.tv
Romantic Line, Chanel, pre-fall 2015
Gianni Pucci / Indigitalimages.com
Romantic Line, Chanel, fall 2016 ready-to-wear
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigital.tv
Romantic Line, Chanel, spring 1995 couture
Photo: Guy Marineau / Condé Nast Archive
Explosion, Chanel, fall 2003 ready-to-wear
Photo: Style.com
Military Line, Fendi, fall 2006 ready-to-wear
Photo: Courtesy of FendiRococo Line/Classical Line

Rococo Line, Chanel, fall 1996 ready-to-wear
Photo: Guy Marineau / Condé Nast Archive
Rococo Line, Chanel, fall 1996 couture
Photo: Condé Nast Archive
Rococo Line, Chanel, pre-fall 2012
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / GoRunway.com
Rococo Line, Chanel, pre-fall 2019
Photo: Alessandro Lucioni / Gorunway.com
Explosion, Chanel, pre-fall 2010
Photo: Courtesy of Chanel
Classical Line, Fendi, spring 1993 ready-to-wear
Photo: Guy Marineau / Condé Nast Archive
Classical Line, Chanel, spring 1995 ready-to-wear
Photo: Condé Nast Archive
Classical Line, Chanel, fall 2009 couture
Photo: Monica Feudi / Gorunway.com
Classical Line, Chanel, spring 1993 couture
Photo: Condé Nast Archive
Classical Line, Chanel, resort 2018
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigital.tvHistorical Line/Futuristic Line

Historical Line, Chanel, spring 2005 couture
Photo: Marcio MadeiraExplosion, Chanel, fall 2013 couture
Yannis Vlamos / InDigital | GoRunway
Futuristic Line, Fendi, fall 2002 ready-to-wear
Photo: JB Villareal/Shoot Digital for STYLE.com
Futuristic Line, Chanel, fall 2017 ready-to-wear
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / indigital.tv
Futuristic Line, Fendi, fall 2003 ready-to-wear
Photo: Marcio Madeira
Futuristic Line, Chanel, fall 2017 ready-to-wear
Photo: Kim WestonArnold / IndigiFuturistic Line, Chanel, spring 2014 couture
Yannis Vlamos / Indigitalimages.comFuturistic Line, Fendi, fall 2014 ready-to-wear
Marcus Tondo / Indigitalimages.comOrnamental Line/Structural Line

Ornamental Line, Fendi, spring 2017 ready-to-wear
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigital.tv
Ornamental Line, Fendi, spring 2017 ready-to-wear
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigital.tv
Ornamental Line, Chanel, spring 2019 couture
Photo: Alessandro Lucioni / Gorunway.com
Ornamental Line, Chanel, fall 2010 couture
Photo: Monica Feudi / GoRunway.com
Ornamental Line, Chanel, spring 2019 couture
Photo: Alessandro Lucioni / Gorunway.com
Ornamental Line, Chanel, fall 1993 couture
Photo: Condé Nast Archive
Ornamental Line, Chanel, fall 2006 couture
Photo: Style.comExplosion, Chanel, fall 2014 couture
Kim Weston Arnold / Indigitalimages.com
Structural Line, Chanel, spring 2016 couture
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigitalimages.com
Structural Line, Chanel, fall 2016 couture
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigital.tv
Structural Line, Chanel, spring 2016 couture
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigitalimages.com
Structural Line, Chanel, fall 2017 couture
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigital.tv
Structural Line, Chanel, spring 2018 couture
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigital.tv
Chanel, fall 2017 couture
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigital.tvCanonical Line/Countercultural Line

Canonical Line, Chanel, fall 1996 couture
Photo: Condé Nast Archive
Canonical Line, Chanel, spring 1996 couture
Photo: Guy Marineau / Condé Nast Archive
Canonical Line, Chanel, fall 1996 couture
Photo: Condé Nast Archive
Canonical Line, Chanel, fall 1996 couture
Photo: Condé Nast Archive
Canonical Line, Fendi, fall 2005 ready-to-wear
Photo: Marcio Madeira
Countercultural Line, Chanel, spring 1994 ready-to-wear
Photo: Condé Nast Archive
Countercultural Line, Chanel, fall 1994 ready-to-wear
Photo: Condé Nast Archive
Countercultural Line, Chanel, spring 1994 ready-to-wear
Photo: Condé Nast Archive
Countercultural Line, Chanel, spring 2011 ready-to-wear
Photo: Monica Feudi / GoRunway.com
Countercultural Line, Chanel, resort 2019
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigital.tv
Countercultural Line, Chanel, fall 2011 ready-to-wear
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / GoRunway.comArtisanal Line/Mechanical Line

Artisanal Line, Chanel, spring 2009 couture
Photo: Alessandro Lucioni / ImaxTree
Artisanal Line, Chanel, spring 2006 couture
Photo: Style.com
Artisanal Line, Chanel spring 1997 couture
Photo: Condé Nast Archive
Artisanal Line, Fendi, fall 2016 couture
Photo: Monica Feudi / indigitl.tv
Artisanal Line, Fendi, fall 2017 couture
Photo: Kim Weston Arnold / Indigital.tv
Explosion, Chanel, fall 2014 couture
Kim Weston Arnold / Indigitalimages.com
Mechanical Line, Chanel, spring 2017 ready-to-wear
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigital.tv
Mechanical Line, Chanel, fall 2015 couture
Yannis Vlamos / Indigitalimages.com
Mechanical Line, Fendi, fall 2019 ready-to-wear
Photo: Alessandro Lucioni / Gorunway.com
Mechanical Line, Fendi, spring 2009 ready-to-wear
Photo: Marcio MadeiraMechanical Line, Chanel, spring 2013 couture
Marcus Tondo / InDigitalteam | GoRunwayMechanical Line, Chanel, fall 2014 couture
Kim Weston Arnold / Indigitalimages.com
Mechanical Line, Chanel, fall 2018 couture
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigital.tvFloral Line/Geometric Line

Floral Line, Fendi, spring 2009 ready-to-wear
Photo: Marcio Madeira
Floral Line, Chanel, spring 2010 couture
Photo: Monica Feudi / Gorunway.com
Floral Line, Fendi, fall 2016 couture
Photo: Monica Feudi / indigitl.tv
Floral Line, Fendi fall 2017 couture
Photo: Kim Weston Arnold / Indigital.tv
Floral Line, Chanel, fall 2012 couture
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / GoRunway.com
Floral Line, Chanel, fall 2005 couture
Photo: Marcio Madeira
Floral Line, Chanel, spring 2015 couture
Photo: Kim WestonArnold / Indigitalimages.com
Explosion, Chanel, fall 2017 couture
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigital.tv
Geometric Line, Lagerfeld Gallery, spring 2004 ready-to-wear
Photo: Marcio Madeira
Geometric Line, Chanel, fall 2003 couture
Photo: Style.com
Geometric Line, Chanel, fall 2008 ready-to-wear
Photo: Daniele Oberrauch / imaxtree.com
Geometric Line, Chanel, fall 2016 couture
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigital.tvFigurative Line/Abstract Line

Figurative Line, Fendi, fall 2016 couture
Photo: Monica Feudi / indigitl.tv
Figurative Line, Fendi, fall 2016 couture
Photo: Monica Feudi / indigitl.tv
Figurative Line, Fendi, fall 2016 couture
Photo: Monica Feudi / indigitl.tv
Figurative Line, Chloé, fall 1994 ready-to-wear
Photo: Guy Marineau / Condé Nast Archive
Explosion, Fendi, fall 2017 couture
Photo: Kim Weston Arnold / Indigital.tvAbstract Line, Fendi, fall 2000 ready-to-wear
Photo: Photo: JB Villareal / Shoot Digital for Style.com
Fendi, spring 2008 ready-to-wear
Photo: Marcio MadeiraAbstract Line, Chanel, spring 2014, ready-to-wear
Yannis Vlamos / Indigitalimages.comAbstract Line, Fendi, fall 2000 ready-to-wear
Photo: Photo: JB Villareal / Shoot Digital for Style.comThe Satirical Line

Satirical Line, Chloé, spring 1996 ready-to-wear
Photo: Guy Marineau / Condé Nast ArchiveSatirical Line, Fendi, fall 2014, ready-to-wear

Satirical Line, Fendi, fall 2014, ready-to-wear
Photo: Marcus Tondo / Indigitalimages.com
Satirical Line, Karl Lagerfeld, spring 2009 ready-to-wear
Photo: Marcio Madeira
Satirical Line, Karl Lagerfeld, fall 2008 ready-to-wear
Photo: Marcio Madeira
Satirical Line, Karl Lagerfeld, fall 2004 ready-to-wear
Photo: Marcio Madeira
Satirical Line, Karl Lagerfeld, fall 2004 ready-to-wear
Photo: Marcio Madeira
Satirical Line, Chanel, spring 2004 couture
Photo: Marcio Madeira
Satirical Line, Chanel, fall 2011 couture
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / GoRunway.com
Satirical Line, Chanel, spring 2010 couture
Photo: Monica Feudi / Gorunway.com