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.
KARL LAGERFELDI’m open to everything. When you start to criticize the times you live in, your time is over.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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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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Sunglasses are like eye shadow: They make everything look younger and pretty
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I never drink anything hot; I don’t like hot drinks, very strange.
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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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Nothing scares me more than people with some doll collection.
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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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When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop.
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In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.
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I think that it’s a crime to say you are bored when time is so precious and there are so many things to do in life: read, learn, watch.
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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 don’t care if people I admire criticize me because their opinion is valuable to me.
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You come first, the clothes later. Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Be creative.
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The best thing to do is dive with your imagination ~ you can never drown yourself.
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Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them.
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Seduction 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.
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I love classic beauty. It’s an idea of beauty with no standard.
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The middle has not enough class that I think about the middle class.
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The purpose of life is life.
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Vanity is the healthiest thing in life.
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Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.
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You cannot fake chic but you can be chic and fake fur
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I like the discipline of well-cut, impeccable clothes. I think it’s a very healthy discipline.
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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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Trendy is the last stage before tacky.
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I’m very much down to earth, just not this earth.
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The reason American cars don’t sell anymore is that they have forgotten how to design the American Dream. What does it matter if you buy a car today or six months from now, because cars are not beautiful. That’s why the American auto industry is in trouble: no design, no desire.
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