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Photo Gallery 'Am I a Puppet?'

Vanity, moodiness, attitude: Arnaud Maillard worked as Karl Lagerfeld's assistant for years and is now revealing eccentric details about the legendary designer's life in a tell-all book.
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Karl Lagerfeld photographs journalists at a press conference in Berlin in 2007. "He is an unbelievable narcissist," said his former employee Arnaud Maillard. "He takes photos of himself at every photo shoot and puts them everywhere."

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Maillard's tell-all book was published in 2007 in France and is now out in Germany.

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Born in Hamburg, Lagerfeld has lived in Paris since 1953.

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The German fashion designer with two models, circa 1984.

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He has even designed a teddy bear likeness of himself.

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The now 75-year-old Lagerfeld is "in great shape," Marillard said.

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"I'm suffering from an overdose of myself," Lagerfeld has told reporters. "At a certain point, you ask yourself, am I a puppet or not?"

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