When Karl Lagerfeld Met Kendall Jenner
Harper's Bazaar India|June 2016

They have more in common than names that start with K. Here, Kendall Jenner and Karl Lagerfeld talk fashion, family, and stardom.

Laura Brown
When Karl Lagerfeld Met Kendall Jenner

LAURA BROWN: Kendall, tell me about the first time you met Karl.

KARL LAGERFELD: I have to leave the room because she has to say something nice. I was so rude to her.

KENDALL JENNER: No, you weren’t! Before I met him, well, when you think of Karl Lagerfeld, someone that amazing, you sort of don’t think they actually exist. I met him at my first fitting for Chanel two years ago. I was already nervous because it was my first season, my first Chanel show, and I didn’t really know what I was doing. I’m also pretty shy when I first meet someone. But I got to know Karl when I was shooting with him for the Karl Lagerfeld campaign. I had heard a lot from Cara Delevingne about how funny he is, how he’s normal and just a cool guy. Now every time we get to work together, the relationship gets better.

KL: It’s very easy—it’s problem-less.

KJ: I mean, Karl’s a legend, so just listening to him speak …

KL: [Drily] I prefer other people to say that.

LB: Karl, how did you first become aware of Kendall? Have you ever seen Keeping Up With the Kardashians?

KJ: My family’s show.

KL: No, we don’t have it here. I didn’t even know she was in it. I saw it when it was only her sisters and she was, like, a baby.

KJ: I love that. That’s so refreshing to me.

LB: So Kendall had no history; she came like a blank?

KL: Yes, no past, but a good future. There was a good feeling coming from her. And I don’t see that with everybody! There is something very warm, human, and sweet about her.

LB: Kendall, how would you describe Karl in three words?

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