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Are you wearing the Chanel boots? Yes, we are. A white-haired, powdered, starch-cuffed petty dictator who ruled over the expanding business with an iron fist, stopping every once in a while to make a misogynist or racist public comment, Karl Lagerfeld was one of the most influential figures in the fashion industry as it shifted into late capitalist hyperdrive. Come for the racist and misogynist public comments, stay for Lagerfeld's great love, Jacques de Bascher, who may more perfectly epitomize Evil Twink Energy than anyone we've discussed on our show.\nClick here to subscribe to our monthly podcast "Extra Bad Gays" and support the work we do to make the show.\nClick here to buy our book,\xa0BAD GAYS: A HOMOSEXUAL HISTORY.\n----more----\nSOURCES:\nChristian Allaire, \u201cThe Incredible Dandy Style of Jacques de Bascher, Karl Lagerfeld\u2019s Longtime Partner | Vogue,\u201d Vogue, April 27, 2023, https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/jacques-de-bascher-dandy-style-karl-lagerfeld-partner\nIrina Baconsky, \u201cJacques de Bascher: An Exhibition,\u201d 032c, March 11, 2020, https://032c.com/magazine/jacques-de-bascher-an-exhibition\nHolly Brubach, \u201cSchool of Chanel,\u201d The New Yorker, February 19, 1989, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1989/02/27/school-of-chanel\nJohn Colapinto, \u201cKarl Lagerfeld\u2019s Fashion Empire,\u201d The New Yorker, March 12, 2007, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/03/19/in-the-now\nBrock Colyar, \u201cThe Man in an 18-Year Relationship With Karl Lagerfeld,\u201d The Cut, February 20, 2019, https://www.thecut.com/2019/02/who-was-jacques-de-bascher.html\nDaniel Harris, \u201cThe Electronic Funeral: Mourning Versace,\u201d The Antioch Review 56, no. 2 (1998): 154\u201363, https://doi.org/10.2307/4613651\nBeatrice Hazlehurst, \u201cKarl Lagerfeld Depicts Hitler in Political Cartoon to Criticize Angela Merkel - PAPER Magazine,\u201d October 12, 2017, https://www.papermag.com/karl-lagerfeld-depicts-hitler-in-political-cartoon-to-criticize-angela-merkel\nMichael Hobbes and Aubrey Gordon, \u201cDiet Book Deep Dive: The Karl Lagerfeld Diet,\u201d Maintenance Phase, accessed February 14, 2024, https://maintenancephase.buzzsprout.com/1411126/9898517\nAnisha Mansuri, \u201cThe Met Gala: Ignoring Lagerfeld\u2019s Islamophobia and Misogyny,\u201d The New Arab (The New Arab, October 18, 2022), https://www.newarab.com/opinion/met-gala-ignoring-lagerfelds-islamophobia-and-misogyny\nWilliam Middleton, Paradise Now: The Extraordinary Life of Karl Lagerfeld (New York, NY: Harper, 2023)\nMelissa Minton, \u201cKarl Lagerfeld\u2019s Most Controversial Quotes over the Years,\u201d The New York Post, April 28, 2023, sec. Page Six, https://pagesix.com/article/karl-lagerfeld-most-controversial-quotes/\nDavid Rakoff, Don\u2019t Get Too Comfortable: The Indignities of Coach Class, The Torments of Low Thread Count, The Never- Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems, Reprint Edition (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2006).\n\u201cKarl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty,\u201d The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accessed February 12, 2024, https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/a-line-of-beauty\n\u201cKing Karl,\u201d Kids of Dada, accessed February 12, 2024, https://www.kidsofdada.com/blogs/magazine/11625457-king-karl\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur intro and outro music are, respectively, Arpeggia Colorix, by Yann Terrien, and a tune written for us by DJ Michael Oswell Graphic Designer.