He traveled with her occasionally (a birthday party thrown for her in August aboard a private jet that remained parked on the tarmac paid tribute to all their adventures) but her constant companionship at his atelier and when he sat for interviews ensured that Choupette was never far from the spotlight.
Lagerfeld called her “a joy to watch,” explaining, “She’s hilarious with her big eyes like star sapphires. And her coat is perfect because she has several maids, she is never alone. Even here at the hotel, she is up there with her maid.”
Unsurprisingly, he reportedly left a sizable portion of his estate to the blue-cream Birman when he died in February 2019 to ensure she’d be cared for in the way that she’d become accustomed.
“If something happens to me,” Lagerfeld told Le Figaro (per NBC News) in 2015, “the person who will take care of her will not be in misery.”
After he passed, Choupette went to live with “her nanny” Caçote, Caroline Lebar, head of communications for the Karl Lagerfeld brand, told the New York Times in 2020, and was “surrounded by love.”
