Karl Lagerfeld Will Be Honored In New York City September 10

The Fashion Institute of Technology will be honoring Lagerfeld with a special Fashion Visionary Award on September 10, 2010 in New York City. Lagerfeld will attend the organization’s annual benefit luncheon at Avery Fisher Hall that day. “We chose him because he is just an absolutely outstanding designer, one of the greatest of the 20th and 21st century,” said Valerie Steele, director of The Museum at FIT. “He is not just incredibly respected within the fashion world, but also known to everybody and instantly recognizable.”