Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.
KARL LAGERFELDDuring 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.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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I hate the word ‘cheap’. People are cheap. Clothing is either expensive or inexpensive.
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When people talk about the good old days, I say to people, ‘It’s not the days that are old, it’s you that’s old.’ I hate the good old days. What is important is that today is good.
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Nothing makes you look older than attempting to look young.
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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.
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Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.
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I only know how to play one role: me.
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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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Fashion is the healthiest motivation for losing weight.
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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 like to reinvent myself – it’s part of my job.
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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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I 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.
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One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress.
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Its all about taste.If you are cheap, nothing helps
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My job is to bring out in people what they wouldn’t dare do themselves.
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