KARL LAGERFELD — A FRENCH-GERMAN AMALGAMATED WITH DISCIPLINE
Dear Jolie Porter / Joe-Kwame,
your name kicks thoughts on your state of mind after years in France better Paris, entangled with Fashion-Capital №01. Plus a marriage which is likely to have led to your family name story,… Never mind!
It is my own personal history making your story so ever thrilling to me. As a youngster after having graduated as a Shipping-Clerk in City of Hamburg (German Passport), it was Connecticut (Newark) / Manhattan plus CA, San Francisco / Los Angeles / Oakland and Pasadena paving my way into US-Culture and Business in Intern. Shipping. I enjoyed this 12 months assignment, learning a lot…It was the expression “superficial“ which in a nutshell guided my private experience, hence thinking and valuing…Meanwhile, I would reassess and finetune more in detail and better qualify the expression as a basic tool of American Professionalism…
Coming to your profession “FASHION“ and the Relevance of “Communication and Conduct“, what is my preferred contemporary Professional Field of Activity.
Essentail conclusion you make…“it’s best to be open to Learning New Norms when living in different countries“. So make yourselve openly vulnerable, involving and touching others to have them sympathize and comment freely to your own benefit. All it takes is courage and fortitude, every once in a while. Growth is another key term which in context of Changing Perspective is compelling and magnetic.
Your State of the Art career-driven realization plus your Wifehood to a Native and Local, lending heartfelt reflections and comments to help you understand. This also makes it bizarre and extra-attractive, while you always admit being in learning (…a way not an objective) and apprehending condition. “I’ve even caught myself saying the phrase “It’s not bad” in English while talking about things“…you transform while wholeheartedly learning the language and loving the culture. “Seeing the world differently depending on the language I use“ This leads to real, generic understanding what lies in Language, henceforth Culture.
However, be careful coming from French “être” (to be) you may drop from “the roof of enthusiasm“ when “you try to grasp a deeper truthfulness“ in Americans‘ passionate comments. This means opening a vacuum or nothingness beyond enthusiasm, where “être” is non-existent.
Your profession connected to the term „Fashion“ reminds me of Karl Lagerfeld, a person of extraordinary Excellence…As a German in Paris coming from Hamburg, he will always remain a personal Star Prominent and Authentic Transcriber to me. Here broadly known for the cryptic “Sweatpants Anecdote“, he is one of the most Disciplined Popular Individuals…
In October 2012, KL was interviewed by Markus Lanz a German TV Host, asking whether he would wear sweatpants, after all?
No, KL replied. “One is not able to control him/herself. I prefer clothing as communicating with myself, thus setting limits. Nothing but stretch fabric is more perilous to my shape — what a balony! Never dare and wear, Tight Wear is better than any weight scale, proverbially rapid chatterbox KL, commented.
Thanks for your address!
Namasté, Joe-Kwame
