When I was 14, I wanted to smoke because my mother smoked like mad. I wanted to smoke to look grown-up. But my mother said: ‘You shouldn’t smoke. Your hands are not that beautiful and that shows when you smoke.
KARL LAGERFELDI’m not a marketing person. I don’t ask myself questions. I go by instinct.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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Nothing scares me more than people with some doll collection.
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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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Chic is a kind of mayonnaise, either it tastes, or it doesn’t.
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The most important piece in the house is the garbage can.
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Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.
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I like girls to be wild but at the same time beautifully brought up and very funny.
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I love classic beauty. It’s an idea of beauty with no standard.
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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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EXTREME LUXURY ISN’T THE MOST BLING-BLING, IT’S EXTREME REFINEMENT, WHICH IS COUTURE AT ITS FINEST.
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I am a black diamond, unfaceted. Black diamonds are rare, hard to cut, and therefore uncommercial.
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What I hate is nasty, ugly people.
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Nothing makes you look older than attempting to look young.
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Don’t wear what you question, wear what you think is right for you.
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Dieting is the only game where you win when you lose!
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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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