♪♪ Gordon: I think every designer today has been touched and inspired by Karl Lagerfeld at some point.

Jacobs: Karl meant a lot to me.

You know, I had my heroes as a -- as a kid, and Karl was one of them.

Over the years, Karl has -- we've had great conversations.

He's sent me some beautiful gifts.

He's just been a good person to me.

He's been someone I've looked up to all my life.

♪♪ ♪♪ Oh, he was so much a part of my life.

I mean, he was the one that really sort of shepherded me, I mean, in terms of my love of fashion.

Love working with Mrs. Prada and Raf.

They had a collection from 2012 that was fall/winter, I thought kind of exemplified something that Karl might do.

Lipa: His legacy just has made such an impact on fashion overall and the history that he holds with everything that he's done, from Chloé to Fendi to Chanel, Balmain, you know, everything, every -- everywhere where he has left his mark has been so remarkable.

And he's somebody that will never be forgotten.

Wintour: He was the most prolific of designers.

Every collection, one after the other, he never ceased to, you know, amaze us.

It's just a privilege to be able to honor him tonight.

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