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 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.
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People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.
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What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.
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Think pink, but don’t wear it.
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Luxury is the income tax of vanity. But it is so pleasant.
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I hate the word ‘cheap’. People are cheap. Clothing is either expensive or inexpensive.
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The clothes don’t have to suit you; you have to suit the clothes.
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I think tattoos are horrible. It’s like living in a Pucci dress full-time.
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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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What I hate is nasty, ugly people.
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Guilty feelings about clothes are totally unnecessary. A lot of people earn their living by making clothes, so you should never feel bad.
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The thing at the moment is Adele. She is a little too fat, but she has a beautiful face and a divine voice.
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Fashion is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality.
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Fashion is the healthiest motivation for losing weight.
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Stuff your brain with knowledge.
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Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.
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