A sense of humour and a little lack of respect: That’s what you need to make a legend survive.
KARL LAGERFELDMy hair is not really white; it’s kind of grayish, and I don’t like the color. So I make it totally white with Klorane dry shampoo. That is the best thing to do because my hair is always clean.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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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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Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them.
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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.
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I’m open to everything. When you start to criticize the times you live in, your time is over.
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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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Youthfulness is about how you live not when you were born.
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Sunglasses are like eye shadow: They make everything look younger and pretty
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What I hate is nasty, ugly people.
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Work is making a living out of being bored.
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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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As 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.
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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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When I was a child I asked my mother what homosexuality was about and she said – and this was 100 years ago in Germany and she was very open-minded – ‘It’s like hair color. It’s nothing. Some people are blond and some people have dark hair. It’s not a subject.’ This was a very healthy attitude.
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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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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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