The unlikely sighting of Karl Lagerfeld and Kanye West having lunch together in the afternoon at the Mercer Hotel in New York got imaginations working overtime. Witnesses report they seemed heavily involved in a businesslike conversation.

Could the Rapper, whose design career seems very much on the rocks after cancelling his Paris show, be turning to the Kaiser for advice or a job? Or was the purpose of their rendezvous about a Kim Kardashian makeover or wedding dress? Right now one can only speculate...!