Chanel’s Karl Lagerfeld to Design 270-Room Macau Hotel

Fashion guru Karl Lagerfeld is going to design a hotel in Macau, as one of the fashion world’s iconic figures turns his attention to a new style sector.

The Chanel mogul is adding to his extensive list of talents – which already include drawing and helicopter design – by turning his hand to architecture and creating a 270-room hotel in Asia’s gambling mecca, Macau.

According to a recent press report, the fashion designer says that he’s turning to hotel design only because he was tired of buying more houses.

Lagerfeld told WWD: ”I have more houses than I need and I don’t want to do any anymore. So I can – how could I say? – get rid of my frustration by doing hotels.”

In explaining his drive to design spaces instead of pants and handbags, Lagerfeld referenced Coco Chanel’s approach to fashion. ”You know, Gabrielle Chanel always said, ‘I only make dresses I would wear,’ Lagerfeld explained, ‘And I make only rooms where I would like to sleep. It’s as simple as that.”