Plot Synopsis

Adapted from Raphaelle Bacque's 2019 book, "Kaiser Karl," BECOMING KARL LAGERFELD is a six-episode limited series set in 1972, where Karl Lagerfeld is 38 and not yet wearing his iconic hairstyle. He is a ready-to-wear designer, unknown to the general public. While he meets and falls in love with the sultry Jacques de Bascher, an ambitious and troubling young dandy, the most mysterious of fashion designers dares to take on his friend (and rival) Yves Saint Laurent, a genius of haute couture backed by the redoubtable businessman Pierre Berge. The series plunges viewers into the heart of the 1970s -- in Paris, Monaco and Rome -- to follow the formidable blossoming of this complex and iconic personality of Parisian couture, already driven by the ambition to become the Emperor of fashion. Between glamour and clashes of egos, grandiose parties and destructive passions, discover the story of Karl before Lagerfeld. All six episodes of BECOMING KARL LAGERFELD dropped on Friday, June 7, 2024 on Hulu.