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Agence France-Presse

Karl Lagerfeld’s cat Choupette was already the most famous cat in fashion.
Now the white fluffy Burmese cat that the late fashion designer doted on could be about to become the richest feline on the planet.

The pampered eight-year-old puss has enjoyed a jet set lifestyle eating off silver platters since Lagerfeld “kidnapped” her in 2011 from his young friend male model Baptiste Giabiconi.
Long before his death on Tuesday, aged 85, Lagerfeld said he had made sure that she would go on living in the style that she had become accustomed to, with her own personal bodyguard and two maids.
German fashion icon, Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld dies
“Choupette is a rich girl,” he once told French television, hinting that had written her into his will.
“She has her own fortune,” he added, thought to be around €3 million (US$3.4 million) which she earned with him doing adverts for a German car firm and a Japanese cosmetics brand.
“If anything happens the person who looks after her will not go without,” said Lagerfeld, who designed for Chanel, Fendi and his own brand right up to his death.

Choupette – who the designer they called the “Kaiser” compared to the enigmatic star Greta Garbo – is something of a cult figure in the fashion world, with more than 170,000 followers on social media.
She is also the hero of a book, Choupette: The Private Life of a High-Flying Fashion Cat, where she was photographed in arms of supermodel Linda Evangelista and snuggling with model turned actress Laetitia Casta.
Karl Lagerfeld: his incredible journey through world of fashion
Unlike them, the spoiled puss never has to watch what she eats.
The book includes recipes for her favourite meals prepared by some of the best restaurants in Paris.
One typically lavish repast is a mix of king crab, smoked salmon and caviar.
And unlike ordinary cats, Choupette eats at a table.


“She is like a human being, only with an extra quality – silence,” Lagerfeld quipped.
Despite her reputation as a gastronome, the designer forbade her from doing ads for cat food.
“She is too sophisticated for that,” said the legendary wit, who lived alone and admitted that “Choupette is the centre of my world”.
“She has something unforgettable in the way she moves – I’m inspired by her elegance and her attitude,” he said.
However, Choupette – who has not tweeted since Lagerfeld’s death – was sometimes used to deliver stinging swipes at her master.
French actress and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot wrote her a letter in 2015 asking her to “purr in the ear” of her owner so he would “stop using fur in his collections”.


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How Karl Lagerfeld’s cat Choupette, already a millionaire, could become the richest feline on the planet

Choupette, Karl Lagerfeld's cat, already has a fortune of about €3 million (US$3.4 million), which she earned with him doing adverts for a German car firm and a Japanese cosmetics brand. Photo: Handout

A view shows the Choupette room designed by German designer Karl Lagerfeld at the Hotel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel in Paris, France June 29, 2017. The Paris's landmark Hotel de Crillon, which was built in 1758, reopens in July after a four-year 200 million euro ($222 million) revamp. Picture taken June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 3, 2015 German fashion designer, artist, and photographer Karl Lagerfeld poses next to a painting of his cat "Choupette" during the inauguration of the show "Corsa Karl and Choupette" at the Palazzo Italia in Berlin. - German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has died at the age of 85, it was announced on February 19, 2019. (Photo by Jens KALAENE / DPA / AFP)

German fashion icon and Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld dies

Yves Saint Laurent (left) and Pierre Bergé at a launch party for the designer's perfume Champagne, in September 1994. Photo: Ron Galella/WireImage

Model Kaia Gerber wears a creation for the Chanel Spring/Summer 2019 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Tuesday Jan. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Choupette - Karl Lagerfeld's cat

German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld (C) leads models at the end of a fashion show of Chanel's Spring-Summer Haute Couture 2006 collection in Hong Kong March 24, 2006. REUTERS/Paul Yeung

FILE PHOTO - German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld presents a 5 Euro coin, designed by him, to commemorate the 125th anniversary of French fashion designer Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel's birth at the Hotel de la Monnaie, the national mint responsible for making official coins and medals, in Paris November 19, 2008. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/File Photo

(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 01, 1987 Le couturier Karl Lagerfeld pose avec une paire de ciseaux en mars 1987 dans son atelier de haute couture. German designer Karl Lagerfeld poses with scissors on March 1987 in his fashion studio. - "Tired", Karl Lagerfeld, the star of haute couture, missed on January 22, 2019 both Chanel fashion shows, with a very eighteenth century atmosphere, organized at the Grand Palais in Paris. (Photo by PIERRE GUILLAUD / AFP)

FILE PHOTO - German designer Karl Lagerfeld appears at the end of his Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2012 fashion show for French fashion house Chanel in Paris January 24, 2012. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

Model Qi Qi (far left), Janet Ma (L3) and fellow models clapping hands as famous fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld (centre) walks out from the backstage at his fashion show. 28NOV89

File photo of German designer Karl Lagerfeld at the end of his Spring/Summer 2013 women’s ready-to-wear fashion show for French fashion house Chanel during Paris fashion week in October 2012. Photo: Reuters

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Karl Lagerfeld pulled out of two Chanel Paris haute couture fashion shows on Tuesday, with the label saying the 85-year-old designer ‘was tired’. Photo: AFP

epa07308978 US model Kaia Gerber presents a creation from the Spring/Summer 2019 Haute Couture collection by German designer Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel fashion house during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, 22 January 2019. The presentation of the Haute Couture collections runs from 21 to 24 January. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON

epa07308803 Fashion studio director and Lagerfeld's right-hand woman, Virginie Viard (L) acknowledges the audience with a model after the pesentation of the Spring/Summer 2019 Haute Couture collection by German designer Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel fashion house during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, 22 January 2019. The presentation of the Haute Couture collections runs from 21 to 24 January. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON

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A model presents a pink floral-patterned creation from Karl Lagerfeld’s Chanel’s spring/summer 2019 haute couture collection show, which was missed by the brand’s German designer because he was suffering from fatigue. Photo: EPA-EFE

epa07308727 A model presents a creation from the Spring/Summer 2019 Haute Couture collection by German designer Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel fashion house during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, 22 January 2019. The presentation of the Haute Couture collections runs from 21 to 24 January. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON

epa07308758 US model Kaia Gerber presents a creation from the Spring/Summer 2019 Haute Couture collection by German designer Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel fashion house during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, 22 January 2019. The presentation of the Haute Couture collections runs from 21 to 24 January. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON

epa07308789 A model presents a creation from the Spring/Summer 2019 Haute Couture collection by German designer Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel fashion house during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, 22 January 2019. The presentation of the Haute Couture collections runs from 21 to 24 January. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON

TOPSHOT - Models present creations by Chanel at the end of the 2019 Spring-Summer Haute Couture collection fashion show at the Grand Palais in Paris, on January 22, 2019. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)

epa07308778 US model Kaia Gerber presents a creation from the Spring/Summer 2019 Haute Couture collection by German designer Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel fashion house during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, 22 January 2019. The presentation of the Haute Couture collections runs from 21 to 24 January. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON

epa07308773 A model presents a creation from the Spring/Summer 2019 Haute Couture collection by German designer Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel fashion house during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, 22 January 2019. The presentation of the Haute Couture collections runs from 21 to 24 January. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON

epa07308765 A model presents a creation from the Spring/Summer 2019 Haute Couture collection by German designer Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel fashion house during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, 22 January 2019. The presentation of the Haute Couture collections runs from 21 to 24 January. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON

epa07308790 A model presents a creation from the Spring/Summer 2019 Haute Couture collection by German designer Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel fashion house during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, 22 January 2019. The presentation of the Haute Couture collections runs from 21 to 24 January. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON

epa07308737 A model presents a creation from the Spring/Summer 2019 Haute Couture collection by German designer Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel fashion house during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, 22 January 2019. The presentation of the Haute Couture collections runs from 21 to 24 January. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON

epa07308768 A model presents a creation from the Spring/Summer 2019 Haute Couture collection by German designer Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel fashion house during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, 22 January 2019. The presentation of the Haute Couture collections runs from 21 to 24 January. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON

epa07308734 A model presents a creation from the Spring/Summer 2019 Haute Couture collection by German designer Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel fashion house during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, 22 January 2019. The presentation of the Haute Couture collections runs from 21 to 24 January. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON

A model presents a creation by Chanel during the 2019 Spring-Summer Haute Couture collection fashion show at the Grand Palais in Paris, on January 22, 2019. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)

epa07308752 Italian model Greta Varlese presents a creation from the Spring/Summer 2019 Haute Couture collection by German designer Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel fashion house during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, 22 January 2019. The presentation of the Haute Couture collections runs from 21 to 24 January. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON

epa07308754 A model presents a creation from the Spring/Summer 2019 Haute Couture collection by German designer Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel fashion house during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, 22 January 2019. The presentation of the Haute Couture collections runs from 21 to 24 January. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON

French fashion studio director Virginie Viard, left, poses with a model during the Chanel Spring/Summer 2019 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Tuesday Jan. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

epa07308733 A model presents a creation from the Spring/Summer 2019 Haute Couture collection by German designer Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel fashion house during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, 22 January 2019. The presentation of the Haute Couture collections runs from 21 to 24 January. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON

epa07308738 A model presents a creation from the Spring/Summer 2019 Haute Couture collection by German designer Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel fashion house during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, 22 January 2019. The presentation of the Haute Couture collections runs from 21 to 24 January. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON

epa07308736 A model presents a creation from the Spring/Summer 2019 Haute Couture collection by German designer Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel fashion house during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, 22 January 2019. The presentation of the Haute Couture collections runs from 21 to 24 January. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON

epa07308753 A model presents a creation from the Spring/Summer 2019 Haute Couture collection by German designer Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel fashion house during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, 22 January 2019. The presentation of the Haute Couture collections runs from 21 to 24 January. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON

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