A rare look at universe of “Kaiser” fashionhis closed circle of people, his eccentric life, his adorable cat and his unfathomable state offer the BBC documentary The Mysterious Mr Lagerfeld in ninety minutes of genius and extravagance.

A man with a distinctive white turban, high-necked shirts that “improved” his posture, unsmiling style and an uncontrollably invisible look behind large black glasses died four years ago, and today his legend is being revived in a new documentary film about his life.

He was very proud of her loss of at least 40 kg in 2001;with one unimaginable a diet that included copious amounts of Diet Coke and little else. Diet, which he himself called “a kind of punishment.”