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cat who was the pet of German fashion designer

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from around Christmas 2011, until Lagerfeld's death on 19 February 2019 at the age of 85.

History

Originally belonging to the French model

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, Choupette was given to Lagerfeld as a gift around Christmas 2011, following a stay with the designer while Giabiconi was abroad. Lagerfeld remarked "People are stunned by her ... Soon people will talk more about Choupette than about me!" Following Lagerfeld's death in February 2019, speculation ran rampant that the feline would inherit part of the late designer's fortune, as Lagerfeld once told ''

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'' that (Choupette) "has her own little fortune. She is an heiress”.

Use in fashion and cat supplies

Internet rumours of a Choupette-inspired Chanel handbag first appeared in early July 2012 following a tweet by the ''

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. It was speculated that ''the Choupette'' was the bag carried by models in Lagerfeld's Fall 2012

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show, though this was never confirmed. Choupette has been credited as the inspiration behind Lagerfeld's

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Spring 2012 Couture collection. , a book, ''Choupette'', was slated for release, as was a capsule makeup collection by Shu Uemura. In March 2015, Lagerfeld said, in an interview with '' The Cut'', that Choupette had earned €3 million ($3.18 million

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) during 2014 from participating in two projects: one for cars in Germany, and the other for a Shu Uemura's "Shupette" beauty product in Japan. In 2020, "Choupette" announced a cooperation with LucyBalu, a German cat furniture and cat supplies company. Actor

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wore a full-sized cat costume designed to look like Choupette at the 2023

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Use in fashion and cat supplies

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