The documentary “The Mysterious Mr. Lagerfeld” attempts to shed light on who will inherit the late dressmaker’s fortune, Karl Lagerfeldwhich is estimated at €200 million and offers an overview of the erudite designer’s life at Chanel, Fendi and his own brand.

Director Michael Waldman spoke to members of Karl Lagerfeld’s inner circle: Sebastian Zondo, his bodyguard, Baptiste Giambiconi, model and friend, Brad Krenning, model, Françoise Cassot, who took care of Choupette, his Burmese cat designer, Caroline Lebar, the late designer’s director of communications. Celine Degoulet, the designer’s lawyer, who has access to his will, declined to share details.

Touching moments have been included in the documentary, such as when Krenning, who now works as a real estate agent in Florida, sits on a beach with his family and tearfully recounts how Lagerfeld changed the trajectory of his life.

“Lagerfeld was one of the most recognizable figures in fashion and one of the most mysterious. His influence was immeasurable, but how many people actually met the real Lagerfeld?’ it says in the BBC description.

The fashion designer’s spending was legendary and not always predictable. His generosity to those closest to him was amazing, giving gifts, cars and unlimited clothes to others or chartering planes to fly friends across the Atlantic to stay with him in St. Tropez. His American niece recalls how he insisted on designing her wedding dress, which arrived in its own seat on Concorde, while a bookshop owner enjoyed a year spent spending €700,000 on her shop.

In 2020, it was reported that there are seven beneficiaries in Lagerfeld’s estate. Model Jake Davis, Caroline Lebar, Sébastien Zondo, Baptiste Giampiconi, Brad Krenning and his son Hudson, who was christened by the designer and Françoise Cassot.

But Lagerfeld’s chief accountant, who is believed to be the only person with enough knowledge of the late designer’s assets to help with the inheritance matter, has relocated to Switzerland and could not be reached to answer any questions due to ” of ill health”. It leaves would-be heirs in the dark about what they will receive, the BBC reports.

“The situation at the end was not very tidy. This kind of large inheritance can take ten years’ and the fact that his assets are between France and Monaco means that the costs of handling the estate, mainly taxes, will be huge.

Giampiconi in the documentary described his relationship with Lagerfeld as more like father and son. “At one point, we had expressed a desire to be adopted by Carl one day. That’s what he wanted. He gave me a gift, a set of luggage from Louis Vuitton. He ordered the luggage with the initials BLG, Baptiste Lagerfeld Giabiconi,” it said.