I’m born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching.
KARL LAGERFELDThese are fat mummies sitting with their bags of crisps in front of the television, saying that thin models are ugly. Fashion is about dreams and illusions, and no one wants to see round women.
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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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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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There’s something boring about people who have to go to an office for a living…
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The most important piece in the house is the garbage can.
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I don’t want to look sloppy, because then I feel sloppy
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Personality begins where comparison ends.
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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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Trendy is the last stage before tacky.
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Never use the word “cheap”. Today everybody can look chic in inexpensive clothes (the rich buy them too). There is good clothing design on every level today. You can be the chicest thing in the world in a T-shirt and jeans – it’s up to you.
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I don’t care if people I admire criticize me because their opinion is valuable to me.
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I like the discipline of well-cut, impeccable clothes. I think it’s a very healthy discipline.
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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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When I was a child, I never played with other children. I hated them.
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I’ve survived quite a few generations. That’s because I never lost my enthusiasm. I wake up every morning like on Christmas Day, waiting for the gifts.
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I would make myself head of the style police and we would fight fiercely against sloppiness.
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