I have no personality, or I have three, depending on how you look at it.
KARL LAGERFELDI have no personality, or I have three, depending on how you look at it.
KARL LAGERFELDThese 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.
KARL LAGERFELDBlack-and-whit e always looks modern, whatever that word means.
KARL LAGERFELDThere’s something boring about people who have to go to an office for a living…
KARL LAGERFELDYou come first, the clothes later. Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Be creative.
KARL LAGERFELDI hate amateurs. I hate unprofessional people. There are enough people who can do jobs decently that there’s no reason that people who cannot do them decently [should] pretend to be great at it.
KARL LAGERFELDI never drink anything hot; I don’t like hot drinks, very strange.
KARL LAGERFELDThe 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.
KARL LAGERFELDYou have to like the present; if not your life becomes secondhand, if you think it was better before. Or that it will be better in the future.
KARL LAGERFELDI like the discipline of well-cut, impeccable clothes. I think it’s a very healthy discipline.
KARL LAGERFELDAs a child I wanted to be a grown-up. I wanted to know everything – not that I like to talk about it. I hate intellectual conversation with intellectuals because I only care about my opinion.
KARL LAGERFELDSometimes 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.
KARL LAGERFELDI’m born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching.
KARL LAGERFELDSeduction 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.
KARL LAGERFELDThe most important piece in the house is the garbage can.
KARL LAGERFELDI 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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