No one knows precisely what Karl Lagerfeld and Paris Hilton said to each other at the 2006 event in Los Angeles for a Dom Perignon campaign lensed by the designer.

Some say he told Hilton that “The Simple Life” — the reality show that propelled her and Nicole Richie to international stardom — was one of his favorites.

Karl Lagerfeld chief executive officer Pier Paolo Righi could not verify that fact, though he felt confident the late German designer would smile on the fact that Hilton is now the star of a multifaceted campaign for his namesake brand.

“It is so unexpected, as Karl was,” Righi said in an exclusive interview to discuss the fall 2025 effort, which will roll out this month globally and crescendo with an event on Oct. 1 during Paris Fashion Week. “They knew each other an

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