I don’t like standard beauty – there is no beauty without strangeness.
KARL LAGERFELDWhat I hate is nasty, ugly people.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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You cannot fake chic but you can be chic and fake fur
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The smell of a freshly printed book is the best smell in the world.
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I never drink anything hot; I don’t like hot drinks, very strange.
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The flat shoe makes the woman equal of men. When they have high [shoes], they play a part like a geisha, and they can’t be expected to be taken that seriously.
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Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.
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Be politically correct, but please don’t bother other people with conversation about being politically correct, because that’s the end of everything. You want to create boredom? Be politically correct in your conversation.
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I don’t know what “normal” means, anyway.
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To reinvent a newly impeccable you in the most modern of outfits, don’t skip on makeup and be sure to have flawless skin and hair. That will have more impact than expensive clothes.
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Don’t dress to kill, dress to survive.
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I don’t do meetings. At Chanel, there are no meetings. At Chanel, we do what we want, whenever we want and it works. And Fendi is the same.
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The secret to modeling is not being perfect. What one needs is a face that people can identify in a second. You have to be given what’s needed by nature, and what’s needed is to bring something new.
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What I’ve done, Coco Chanel would never have done. She would have hated it.
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Keep the best, forget the rest.
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I’m not a marketing person. I don’t ask myself questions. I go by instinct.
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I don’t want to do anything over again, ever again. I want only to do what I haven’t done. There’s no “again.” There’s only the future. I hate the past – especially my own past.
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