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.
KARL LAGERFELD
KARL LAGERFELD
Karl Lagerfeld on being
Karl Lagerfeld146 quotes“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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Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld 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.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld Guilty feelings about clothes are totally unnecessary. A lot of people earn their living by making clothes, so you should never feel bad.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld I never fall in love.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld 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.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld I’m born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching.
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Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld I never drink anything hot; I don’t like hot drinks, very strange.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld I sleep seven hours. If I go to bed at two, I wake up at nine. If I go to bed at midnight, I wake up at seven. I don’t wake up before – the house can fall apart, but I sleep for seven hours.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld I hate the word ‘cheap’. People are cheap. Clothing is either expensive or inexpensive.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld I am physically allergic to flip-flops
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