Fake Karl's Guide to Life

So it may not have much to do with ethical fashion, but here at Fashion Ethic, we take the FASHION part just as seriously as the ETHIC. And any fashionista worth her LBD knows that Karl rules the roost.

We recently wrote about Karl Lagerfeld (head designer of Chanel, among his many other endeavors) and his role in promoting bicycle safety in France. Now we have stumbled upon a devious little blog called "Karl Lagerfeld's Guide to Life" at www.FakeKarl.blogspot.com and we are loving just about every second of it - especially days like today when Karl's friend 'Anna Wintour' blogged about Jersey.

We'll let you discover this gem for yourself, but trust us - if you've got one eye on the catwalk and another eye on reality and practicality, this little satirical fashion site will be one you'll want in your reader...you can even get the T-shirt (right).

FakeKarl makes real fashion news seem tres demode.(Major props to Fashionista.com for bringing this blog to our attention)

Kaiser Karl Dons Bike Safety Vest

Somehow we missed this until recently, but as France's new law making safety vests and reflective triangles mandatory for all cyclists as of this month, Chanel's own Karl Lagerfeld donned one of the vests for a pulic awareness campaign.

From Bloomberg News:

``It's yellow, it's ugly, it doesn't match anything, but it can save your life,'' says the poster, featuring Lagerfeld wearing the vest and his customary deadpan expression accentuated by dark sunglasses.

The number of traffic deaths in France jumped 10 percent to 346 in May, the highest since the beginning of the year, the Ministry of Environment said on its Web site. Two cyclists have died in Paris since the introduction of free municipal bicycles last year.

Bravo for another case where fashion (in this case high fashion) intersects with a trend in eco living. Though don't you find it strange that biking/cycling is seen as eco/green in the States - a somewhat complicated alternative to driving our cars - while most of the world sees it as more of a sport or simply a "normal" mode of transport? Wouldn't it be fabulous if more people did it because it just made sense in their life and was easy? Hmmmm...maybe a Chanel bike vest would help...but really, biking on short trips is something we should all try more often.