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Karl Lagerfeld had long insisted that he would "die" rather than be buried.
Karl Lagerfeld will be cremated without ceremony and his ashes will probably be scattered with those of his mother "His wish will be respected," told AFP a spokesman for his brand Karl Lagerfeld, a day after the death of his legendary creator, at the age of 85.
was known for his rapier spirit – insisted for a long time that he "prefer to die" than to be buried.
"I asked to be cremated and that my ashes be scattered with those of my mother … … and those of my mother … Choupette (her cat), if she dies before me ", he said in one of his last interviews.
Lagerfeld had previously announced that his ashes would be mixed with those of his longtime lover, the French dandy Jacques de Bascher, who died of AIDS in 1989.
He told Bascher's biographer, Marie Ottavi , that he had kept half of his ashes so they will be reunited again in the end.
The creator born in Germany had put them "in a secret place, one day they will be added to mine," he told Ottavi.
Lagerfeld fell in love with Bascher at the age of 19 and looked after him until he died at 38 years old.
Despite the fact that Bascher is notorious philandre party animal, having an affair with the great rival of Lagerfeld, Yves Saint Laurent.
The other half of De Bascher's ashes was given to his family, reported the French daily Le Monde Wednesday
Horror of Burials .
Lagerfeld thought the funeral "was horrible, I just want to disappear like the animals of the virgin forest, it's awful to clutter people from your remains," he said. French television in 2015.
He also did not want to be mourned during a grandiose funeral like the one France left to Johnny Hallyday, rock legend in 2017. "What a horror!" declared Lagerfeld. fighting in the Hallyday family (despite the singer's will), the funeral was a joke. "
The flood of tributes paid to the workaholic designer – the most prolific
Vogue's editor-in-chief Anna Wintour called Lagerfeld "a giant among men".
"Karl was brilliant, he was naughty, he was funny, generous and very kind, I will miss him a lot," she added.
It is likely that his absence dominates the women's fashion week in Paris, which starts on Monday.
Chanel, now headed by her friend and former head of workshop, Virginie Viard, has her shoes as creative director Tuesday will unveil their fall-winter ready-to-wear collection on March 5, last day of the salons .
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