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Please take a good look at the photo of Karl Lagerfeld above. Go ahead. I’ll wait.

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What. Is. Up. With. That. Hairline?

My thoughts:

• The Kaiser could be wearing a wig. A heavily powdered wig.

• The hair could be his, but his scalp is as white–though not as pure–as the driven snow. Meaning that the Face That Launched a Thousand Tweed Suits is covered in bronzer.

• Karl is actually the guy who played Powder in that movie. You know, Powder?

• All of the above.

The strangest thing? In the New York magazine article from which that photo was pilfered, there is absolutely no mention of the strangeness. Which is stranger than the strangeness itself. Talk about your white elephants in the room….