On Paris’ Left Bank, the building where Karl Lagerfeld once sketched tweed Chanel couture gowns and leather Fendi accessories is now an opulent apartment. Highstay, a hospitality company offering properties with “all the high-end services of a large hotel,” is renting out Kaiser Karl’s former workspace.

The three-story 250 square meter (around 2,690 square foot) apartment in Saint-Germain-des-Prés has space for four guests with two bedrooms, two kitchens (one of them kitted out for professional chefs), and a wellness area including a sauna and hammam.

There are only a few hints at the previous tenant by way of a Chanel book on an industrial table in the lounge and a picture of Lagerfeld on a steel floor-to-ceiling bookcase.

French interior architect Pauline Leprince is the mastermind behind many of the new features, like the steel capsule bed, having transformed the space into an apartment for a private client following Lagerfeld’s passing in 2014. Some original Karl Lagerfeld designs remain, though.

In collaboration with industrial designer Marc Newson, a former Apple designer and one of the people behind Ferrari’s first all-electric car, Lagerfeld designed the curved staircase with geometric steel banister that remains at the center of the apartment. 

And, according to a video from 2024, when the luxury real estate firm BARNES listed the apartment for sale for $10.6 million, the apartment includes Lagerfeld’s original bathtub. 

While it's unknown what Highstay paid for the apartment, it is offering a significantly cheaper way to spend the night in Lagerfeld’s former space.

That’s not to say staying at the Saint-Germain apartment comes cheap, mind you, as a single night costs in excess of $2,300.

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