Karl camp field

Karl Otto camp field (* 10. September 1933 - according to own indication 1938 - in Hamburg) is a German mode creator, designer, a photographer and a Kostümbildner.

life

camp field grewas a son Hamburg dose milk manufacturer (mark: Luck clover) in wealthy conditions up. According to own statements the relationship to its nut/mother remained quite reserved. It indicates its birth year gladly as 1938, picture on Sunday published however excerpts of the church baptismal register Hamburg as well as comments of its teacher anda class colleague, who confirms 1933. Later it drew some years then after bath Bramstedt and went there to the school.

1953 left camp field as well as its nut/mother Germany and went to Paris. With a coat from wool it won 1955 a price in a competitionthe international Wollsekretariats IWS. Thereupon it got a place with Pierre Balmain. Its Wollmantel went later also with Balmain into production.

In the year 1958 it changed to Jean Patou, became however already after a further year freelance active for well-known houses such as Valentino and Krizia. 1964 it left the mode business and began an art study, returned however after three years again.

In its collections with Chloé, where he was active until 1983, it could leave free run to its creativity. World-wide acknowledgment brought it 1972 the Deco collection, which consisted of black-and-white pressures with skillful, diagonally running cut.

To Chloé it changed to Chanel, where it chief designers of the collection and in particular the Prêt à Porter - section became. Also with Chanel camp field was always for surprises well, for example the combination of heavy tying boots and leather jacketswith Georgetteröcken. The daring organization of its creations drove camp field on the point with humorous creations like a “autodress” with radiator grille and bumper. While it was with Chanel, it created also its own label, admits for extravagante cord mode. In addition it sketches beside for thatItalian fur house Fendi.

Camp field discovered 1990 his temporary MUSE Claudia boat operator, who was promoted later to the bestbezahlten photo model and provoked 1993 in one of camp field with Koranversen embroidered Mieder on a Modenschau a scandal.

Camp field, which said among other things: “I am Opportunist and likethe change, therefore is mode for me OK ONE ", has still further interests. It is for example active as photographer and photo collecting tanks and brought to 1975 own perfume - collection photo out, 1978 followed camp field and 1983 KL. Camp field brings also under its own namea mode line out.

Brand name of camp field is beside its optical sun glasses also its gepuderter Haarzopf. In the year 2001 he came by his clearly abgemagerte shape into the headlines, which he wants to have reached by a new 3D Diät.

In November 2004 it excited by its co-operationwith the Swedish these COUNT mode branchists Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) attention, for which it sketched a economical collection, which sold itself very well.

From 1980 to 1984 camp field was active as a guest professor of the mode class at the university for applied art Vienna, its successor became Jil Sander.

Camp field was also repeated active as Kostümbildner for theatres and opera, about 1978 in Genova (the green Kakadu/Komtesse Mizzi of Arthur Schnitzler, Regie Luca Ronconi), 1980 at the Viennese castle theatre (comedy of the seduction of Arthur Schnitzler; Direction refuge Zankl, Scenery Hans getting flax) as well as with the Maggio of musicals in Florenz (Les contes d'Hoffmann of Jacques open brook, direction Ronconi), 1982 at the citizens of Milan Scala (Les Troyens of Hector Berlioz; Direction Ronconi, scenery Ezio Frigerio), 1990 with the salt citizen festivals (Der Schwierige von Hugo von Hofmannsthal; Direction Jürgen Flimm, scenery Erich Wonder; moved later to the castle theatre).

Karl camp field was distinguished 1993 with the Lucky Strike designer Award of the Raymond Loewy donation and 1989 and 2005 with the Bambi.

Karl camp field lives and works todayin Paris.

honors

• 1989 Bambi
• 2005 Bambi in the category creativity

of quotations

• „I hate the word cheaply. Humans are cheap, clothing are expensive or inexpensive against it. “ (expressed in connection with the H&M mode)
• „the reality always remains with mea little outside forwards. That is it also. I spent my whole life thereby - I do not want to say to fight against the reality to escape but it. “
• „Whether I like me? Tja, the question comes a little late. Know, I knowthe types already one while, there I arranged myself. “
• „I do not want to approach at all so near to humans. I am dear emergency involved. “
• „Already as a child I hated you, was you such a delicate, spoiled fermented. -, Surely I must yougive quite. And nevertheless I had throughout the feeling that one could have done much more for me. “ (its former teacher to camp field)
• „so you' RH part OF the working class? - A plumb bob OF class but working class! “
• „I do not have the ambition, nicely tooappear. In addition I am too snobistisch “.
• „One must decide whether one wants size 34 or Swiss cheese. “
• „Unfortunately I cannot speak a language decently, therefore I mix everything from everywhere together. I never learned something in the reason. I do not even have Abiturmade and nix. “
• „For me isolation is the high point of the luxury. I need time for me, otherwise I would not be what I am. “
• „ The sun glasses are my mobile eyelid shade. By it everything looks a little younger and more beautiful. “
• „I cannot sleep, if beside me something breathes. “
• „I cannot repent nothing at all, because I never remember, what I once wished myself. I am like a blackboard - everything that does not happen, is wiped out. “
• „It does wrong to me: Which I legend, is only valid,if I it straight legend. “
• „Animal protection is in Germany much likes, since Germany had always a slope to fascism. [...] Animal protection is pure fascism! “
• On the question of Beckmann (in the Pool of broadcasting corporations Talkshow of the same name): „Their nut/mother was also so a high-speed spokeswoman? “, camp field answers:(My nut/mother always said to me…) „For the Stuss, which you do not talk can you any more time up take - speak faster! “
• Likewise with Beckmann: „Sexualität is today only a kind of sport. “
• On the question of Johannes B. Kerner (in the Second Channel of German Television Talkshow of the same name): „Stretchers itstill cash with itself; do they have a purse? “, camp field answers: No, sowas nevertheless today probably no more humans carry. “

see also

Wikiquote: Karl camp field - quotations