Like poetry, fashion does not state anything. It merely suggests.
KARL LAGERFELDIf you stick to something doggedly, you are off to a bad start.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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I would make myself head of the style police and we would fight fiercely against sloppiness.
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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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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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There’s something boring about people who have to go to an office for a living…
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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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The smell of a freshly printed book is the best smell in the world.
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Think pink, but don’t wear it.
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I never fall in love.
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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.
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I have no personality, or I have three, depending on how you look at it.
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The clothes don’t have to suit you; you have to suit the clothes.
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Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books.
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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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I think it’s horrible that people have to be told. Don’t smoke! Everybody knows it’s bad for the health. But they have to forbid it.
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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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