Four years after his death, Karl Lagerfeld's will is still one of the most contested of the fashion world.
The issue of Lagerfeld's inheritance has remained up in the air since the designer's death from pancreatic cancer in Paris in , and has now hit a legal standstill. Here FEMAIL takes a look at the seven beneficiaries - and the one cat - who are included in the list, and how their lives have gone on after the death of their friend. His muse: Baptiste Giabiconi. Set to inherit: 30 per cent of the fortune. As tensions around the will emerged, Giabiconi allegedly angered the other potential beneficiaries of the will by saying he was the designer's 'favourite heir', but according to the Le Point article, he was right.
The year-old model, from Marignane, France, was discovered by the former Chanel and Fendi creative director in when he was just 18, and the two struck a firm friendship. The two men were so close that they even sparked dating rumours, but Giabiconi has denied that they were ever lovers, calling their bond a 'filial relationship.
With the fashion world preparing to celebrate the late Karl Lagerfeld at the Met Gala in May, his former muse Baptiste Giabiconi will surely be following the event with great interest pictured.
The model, who owes his international career to the designer, said he was stricken by the will. I wasn't expecting it, What an incredible man,' he told Le Point.
