Karl Lagerfeld is preparing for a major exhibition of photography in tandem with the Cannes film festival next month. The likes of David Lynch and Isabelle Huppert posed for portraits by Lagerfeld, along with 58 other film royalty, of which many French. An event in honour of Lagerfeld and his work is expected to take place on May 23 rd , although the designer has hinted he will not make a red-carpet appearance.

On Monday, German publication Der Spiegel revealed that Lagerfeld was the subject of a kidnapping plot back in the seventies. A member of the militant Red Army Faction told the magazine that it had a list of possible ransom targets, including Lagerfeld. It was not clear why the plan was never carried out. Nevertheless, the designer spent the weekend ducking requests for commentary from German newspapers, some of which ran the story above the fold.