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.
KARL LAGERFELDWhat I’ve done, Coco Chanel would never have done. She would have hated it.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.
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There’s something boring about people who have to go to an office for a living…
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I hated the company of other children. I wanted to be a grownup person, to be taken seriously. I hated the idea of childhood; I thought it was a moment of endless stupidity.
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I only go to places if I have a professional reason. I’m not a tourist.
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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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Sometimes it’s easy to have ideas, but somebody has to find a way to do it. Often those responsible for finding a way don’t have the idea.
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You cannot fake chic but you can be chic and fake fur
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When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop.
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I don’t like standard beauty – there is no beauty without strangeness.
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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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Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.
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I’m not an employee who goes to the office every morning at the same time. Then, vacations are needed.
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Logos and branding are so important. In a big part of the world, people cannot read French or English–but are great in remembering signs.
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The French say you get hungry when you’re eating, and I get inspired when I’m working. It’s my engine.
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I get along with everyone except for men my age, who are bourgeois or retired or boring.
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