I think everyone should go to bed like they have a date at the door.
KARL LAGERFELDWhat I’ve done, Coco Chanel would never have done. She would have hated it.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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Life should be larger than life. Size is important to escape normalization.
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Nothing scares me more than people with some doll collection.
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Elegance is a physical quality. If a woman doesn’t have it naked, she’ll never it clothed.
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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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EXTREME LUXURY ISN’T THE MOST BLING-BLING, IT’S EXTREME REFINEMENT, WHICH IS COUTURE AT ITS FINEST.
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It’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.
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Chanel 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.
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I’m not a social person. Not that I’m not at ease. I’m pretty good, but it bores me. Not the people, but the whole thing. What for? It’s not very productive. I only want to do what I have to do: fashion, photography, books. And that’s all.
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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’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 don’t like standard beauty – there is no beauty without strangeness.
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The most important piece in the house is the garbage can.
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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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Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.
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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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