Baptiste Giabiconi counts among the 7 heirs of the fashion designer, Karl Lagerfeld, disappeared in February 2019. With the artistic director of the Chanel house, the model and singer has maintained a 10-year friendship, which he recently agreed to talk about.
“He wanted to protect me”
On February 23, in “Seven to Eight”, he confessed about this famous mentor: “He wanted me to be his son in one way or another. He said ‘if I come to break my pipe, it will be you. “He wanted to protect me.” Now Baptiste Giabiconi explains how this special relationship with the Kaiser was perceived within his own family …
It must be said that the two men did not stay apart for long. At Têtu, Baptiste Giabiconi explained last August: “Even when we weren’t both working, I accompanied him on other projects […] I was really in immersion with Karl “.
From their meeting in 2008 – Baptiste was 19 years old at the time – the two men quickly became inseparable. Baptiste Giabiconi had defined their relationship as going beyond a simple “working relationship”, it was “a father-son relationship full of benevolence”, he welcomed.
What did his parents think?
This is why the handsome kid immediately played fair with his parents. And he confides in the columns of La Provence: “My mother always found this exceptional relationship. She did not see that in a bad light on the contrary. She met Karl very quickly. He wanted to explain things to her, reassure her about the fashion world and show him that he would take care of me and protect me from anything that could be harmful. “
The same goes for his father, since Baptiste Giabiconi adds: “My father has always been behind and has always respected this bond. It always went well”.
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