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I’ve survived quite a few generations. That’s because I never lost my enthusiasm. I wake up every morning like on Christmas Day, waiting for the gifts.

Karl Lagerfeld

My only ambition in life . . . is to wear size 28 jeans.
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Ambition Eight Jeans Life Only Size Twenty Wear
Trendy is the last stage before tacky.
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Before Last Stage Tacky Trendy
The middle has not enough class that I think about the middle class.
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Class Enough Middle Think
When you hear designers complaining about the challenge of their profession, you have to say: don’t get carried away-it’s only dresses.
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Carried Challenge Complan Designer Dress Only Profession Say
Success nullifies. You then have to do it again, preferably differently.
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Again Differently Do Nullifies Perfectly Success
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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Country Meet People Person Same Want Work
During the golden age of movie stars, there were plenty of actresses who were deemed unattractive at the start of their careers, but struggled and finally appeared more beautiful and more iconic. Sometimes that idea of being truly iconic has something to do with not necessarily being beautiful and thus trying harder.
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Actresses Age Career Dem During Finally Goden Star Start Struggle Unattractive
When I was 14, I wanted to smoke because my mother smoked like mad. I wanted to smoke to look grown-up. But my mother said: ‘You shouldn’t smoke. Your hands are not that beautiful and that shows when you smoke.
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Beautiful Fourteen Grown Hand Like Mad Mother Show Smoke Up Want When
Dress for yourself and the man you love (if there is one). Women dressing to impress other women–forget about that. Forget about that. It’s a very bad way of thinking.
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Dress Forget Impress Love Man One Other Women
I’m never content with what I do. I live in a sort of permanent dissatisfaction. I think that’s the secret to doing things well.
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Content Dissatisfaction Doing Live never Permanent Secret Sort Thing Well
Life is not a beauty contest, some [ugly people] are great. What I hate is nasty, ugly people… the worst is ugly, short men. Women can be short, but for men it is impossible. It is something that they will not forgive in life… they are mean and they want to kill you.
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These are fat mummies sitting with their bags of crisps in front of the television, saying that thin models are ugly. Fashion is about dreams and illusions, and no one wants to see round women.
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Bag Crisp Fat Front Model Mummies Say Sit Televiosn Ugly
I hate the word ‘cheap’. People are cheap. Clothing is either expensive or inexpensive.
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Cheap Clothing Either Expensive Experience Hate Inexpensive People World
Think pink, but don’t wear it.
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Pink Think Wear
I like the discipline of well-cut, impeccable clothes. I think it’s a very healthy discipline.
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Cloth Cut Discipline Healthy Impeccable Like Think Well
The clothes don’t have to suit you; you have to suit the clothes.
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Clothes Suit You

I’ve survived quite a few generations. That’s because I never lost my enthusiasm. I wake up every morning like on Christmas Day, waiting for the gifts.

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I’ve survived quite a few generations. That’s because I never lost my enthusiasm. I wake up every morning like on Christmas Day, waiting for the gifts.

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