Bearbrick The Kaiser (Karl Lagerfeld Paris) 1000% (Edition of 1999)

Product Description

The Bearbrick The Kaiser Karl Lagerfeld Paris 1000% is a tribute object that honors one of the most singular, visionary, and intellectually dominant creative figures in the entire history of fashion through Medicom Toy's most substantial and culturally commanding format, the 1000% scale giving Lagerfeld's unmistakable personal iconography the physical presence and room-defining display impact that a figure of his cultural magnitude genuinely deserves. Karl Lagerfeld spent over five decades as the most prolific and institutionally powerful creative director in the luxury fashion industry, his simultaneous leadership of Chanel, Fendi, and his own label representing a creative output and institutional influence that no other designer has matched in the modern era of fashion, and the Kaiser nickname reflected a genuine cultural assessment of his dominance within the world he inhabited rather than simply a flattering honorific. The Bearbrick format translates Lagerfeld's signature visual elements, the white ponytail, dark glasses, high collar, fingerless gloves, and black suit, onto the familiar bear silhouette with the character accuracy and production quality that Medicom Toy's most prestigious collaborative figures consistently deliver at the 1000% tier.

Bearbrick Karl Lagerfeld tributes carry the emotional weight of a collector object that documents a specific and irreplaceable creative presence whose passing in 2019 transformed every piece of Lagerfeld-related memorabilia into a more precious and historically significant object than it was during his lifetime. At five thousand dollars the Kaiser 1000% positions itself at the apex of the Bearbrick collector market where the combination of the subject's extraordinary cultural biography, the tribute's production quality, and the format's most commanding physical scale together create a collector investment that operates according to the same logic as fine art acquisition rather than standard toy collecting. For the most serious Bearbrick collectors and Karl Lagerfeld devotees who want a permanent and monumental physical tribute to the Kaiser, this 1000% is the most culturally complete and collector-significant object the format has ever produced around a single individual creative figure.

The Bearbrick The Kaiser Karl Lagerfeld Paris 1000% was released on February 1, 2022 with a retail price of $5,000.