I love classic beauty. It’s an idea of beauty with no standard.
KARL LAGERFELDI love classic beauty. It’s an idea of beauty with no standard.
KARL LAGERFELDLuxury is the income tax of vanity. But it is so pleasant.
KARL LAGERFELDThe 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.
KARL LAGERFELDMy hair is not really white; it’s kind of grayish, and I don’t like the color. So I make it totally white with Klorane dry shampoo. That is the best thing to do because my hair is always clean.
KARL LAGERFELDI don’t like sleeping with people I really love. I don’t want to sleep with them because sex cannot last, but affection can last forever.
KARL LAGERFELDBuy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.
KARL LAGERFELDChanel is composed of only a few elements, white camellias, quilted bags and Austrian doorman’s jackets, pearls, chains, shoes with black toes. I use these elements like notes to play with.
KARL LAGERFELDBooks are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books.
KARL LAGERFELDI 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.
KARL LAGERFELDSunglasses are like eye shadow: They make everything look younger and pretty
KARL LAGERFELDIt’s great that in life you do something that you want to do because you like doing it and you’re not bored. I’m not bored at all. I’m even interested in lots of things, more so today than before.
KARL LAGERFELDI have no personality, or I have three, depending on how you look at it.
KARL LAGERFELDMy only ambition in life . . . is to wear size 28 jeans.
KARL LAGERFELDSeduction is, first and foremost, an art form. And seduction should not always be treated as a wild celebration. In fact, it’s more of an evocation of what you do. It’s more an evocation of seduction.
KARL LAGERFELDWhen people talk about the good old days, I say to people, ‘It’s not the days that are old, it’s you that’s old.’ I hate the good old days. What is important is that today is good.
KARL LAGERFELDClear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.
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