What is the worst is a fashion designer who talks all the time of his or her creativity, what they are, how they evolved. Just do it and shut up.
KARL LAGERFELDWhat is the worst is a fashion designer who talks all the time of his or her creativity, what they are, how they evolved. Just do it and shut up.
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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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I think it’s horrible that people have to be told. Don’t smoke! Everybody knows it’s bad for the health. But they have to forbid it.
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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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Change is the healthiest way to survive.
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For every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it.
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I am a black diamond, unfaceted. Black diamonds are rare, hard to cut, and therefore uncommercial.
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I’m not a social person. Not that I’m not at ease. I’m pretty good, but it bores me. Not the people, but the whole thing. What for? It’s not very productive. I only want to do what I have to do: fashion, photography, books. And that’s all.
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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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One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress.
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I was never a feminist because I was never ugly enough for that.
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Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.
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Trendy is the last stage before tacky.
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The middle has not enough class that I think about the middle class.
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No one wants to see curvy women.
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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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With expensive fashion, the inside should be as perfect as the outside.
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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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In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.
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These 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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I think tattoos are horrible. It’s like living in a Pucci dress full-time.
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If someone gives me a to-do list, I say ‘thank you, this is nice.’ One needs things to throw in the wastebasket.
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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’m not a marketing person. I don’t ask myself questions. I go by instinct.
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Work is making a living out of being bored.
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Sunglasses are like eye shadow: They make everything look younger and pretty
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I’m a working-class person, working with class.
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