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![Designer Virginie Viard walks the runway during the Chanel Ready to Wear Spring/Summer 2020 fashion show as part of Paris Fashion Week on October 01, 2019 in Paris, France. Photo by Alain Designer Virginie Viard walks the runway during the Chanel Ready to Wear Spring/Summer 2020 fashion show as part of Paris Fashion Week on October 01, 2019 in Paris, France. Photo by Alain](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2DEPDX8/designer-virginie-viard-walks-the-runway-during-the-chanel-ready-to-wear-springsummer-2020-fashion-show-as-part-of-paris-fashion-week-on-october-01-2019-in-paris-france-photo-by-alain-gil-gonzalezabacapresscom-2DEPDX8.jpg)
Designer Virginie Viard walks the runway during the Chanel Ready to Wear Spring/Summer 2020 fashion show as part of Paris Fashion Week on October 01, 2019 in Paris, France. Photo by Alain
![File photo - Designer Karl Lagerfeld, his godson Hudson Kroenig and Model Cara Delevingne walk at the end of Chanel Spring-Summer 2014 Haute-Couture collection show held at the Grand Palais, in Paris, File photo - Designer Karl Lagerfeld, his godson Hudson Kroenig and Model Cara Delevingne walk at the end of Chanel Spring-Summer 2014 Haute-Couture collection show held at the Grand Palais, in Paris,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2DT5720/file-photo-designer-karl-lagerfeld-his-godson-hudson-kroenig-and-model-cara-delevingne-walk-at-the-end-of-chanel-spring-summer-2014-haute-couture-collection-show-held-at-the-grand-palais-in-paris-france-on-january-21-2014-karl-lagerfeld-died-on-monday-at-age-85-one-who-may-inherit-is-his-godson-hudson-hudsons-dad-model-brad-kroenig-is-like-family-to-lagerfeld-hudson-began-modeling-for-chanel-at-age-two-and-had-continued-to-pop-up-on-the-runway-ever-since-photo-by-thierry-orbanabacapresscom-2DT5720.jpg)