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.
KARL LAGERFELDFashion and music are the same, because music express its period too.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books.
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I think tattoos are horrible. It’s like living in a Pucci dress full-time.
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What I hate is nasty, ugly people.
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Dieting is the only game where you win when you lose!
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Life is not a beauty contest, some [ugly people] are great. What I hate is nasty, ugly people… the worst is ugly, short men. Women can be short, but for men it is impossible. It is something that they will not forgive in life… they are mean and they want to kill you.
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Nothing scares me more than people with some doll collection.
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The clothes don’t have to suit you; you have to suit the clothes.
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Don’t wear what you question, wear what you think is right for you.
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Life should be larger than life. Size is important to escape normalization.
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I’m never content with what I do. I live in a sort of permanent dissatisfaction. I think that’s the secret to doing things well.
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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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Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.
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As a child I wanted to be a grown-up. I wanted to know everything – not that I like to talk about it. I hate intellectual conversation with intellectuals because I only care about my opinion.
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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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Elegance is a physical quality. If a woman doesn’t have it naked, she’ll never it clothed.
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