Karl Lagerfeld, the legendary designer of Chanel, Chloé, and Fendi, was known to be an insatiable collector of art, furniture, and decorative objects—but he also collected many glamorous residences, which, for the first time, are chronicled in one book, Karl Lagerfeld: A Life In Houses, by Patrick Mauriès and Marie Kalt. Lagerfeld’s periodic obsessions with Art Deco, Memphis, the Vienna Secession, and more decorative movements are felt in the distinctive interior design of the homes he acquired throughout his long, dynamic life, from Paris and Biarritz to Rome and Monaco…out January 23rd from Thames & Hudson, $100.

Karl Lagerfeld poses in his studio rue de Lille in Paris, 2008. Photo by Eric Dessons/JDD/ABACAPRESS.COM

Lagerfeld at his desk in the study of his apartment in Paris. Visible in the foreground is a 1930s vintage daybed upholstered in brown and beige velvet, designed by Michel Roux-Spitz. Vogue September, 1974. Photo by Horst P Horst.

The library-workroom in designer Karl Lagerfeld’s apartment in Paris. Two steel-framed armchairs and a daybed, from the 1930s, have matched brown and white upholstery. Above a mirrored bar hang two drawings by Rene Buthaud. Vogue September, 1974. Photo by Horst P Horst.

The stainless steel bed, covered in red satin, in designer Karl Lagerfeld’s apartment in Paris. Above the bed is a round mirror in a silver metal frame. Beside the bed is a short torchiere with a cobra-shaped stand designed by Edgar Brandt and Jean Dunand from bronze and bakelite. In the foreground is an ottoman upholstered in white satin. Vogue September, 1974. Photo by Horst P Horst.

Decor in designer Karl Lagerfeld’s apartment in Paris. A bronze mask with silver hair by Alexander Kelety, and two bronze vases by Jean Dunand sit on a lacquered mahogany table also designed by Dunand. Vogue September, 1974. Photo by Horst P Horst.

Photo by Fotex. KARL LAGERFELD. VARIOUS – 1990