My only ambition in life . . . is to wear size 28 jeans.
KARL LAGERFELDChanel 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.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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Nothing scares me more than people with some doll collection.
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Think pink, but don’t wear it.
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I hate birthdays, .. It’s more like a new starting point in New York. For me, it’s an evolution. I don’t celebrate the past. I like the present and tomorrow.
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Kate Middleton has a nice silhouette and she is the right girl for that boy. I like that kind of woman, I like romantic beauties. On the other hand, her sister struggles. I don’t like the sister’s face. She should only show her back.
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Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them.
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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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Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.
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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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I’m a working-class person, working with class.
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The clothes don’t have to suit you; you have to suit the clothes.
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You cannot fake chic but you can be chic and fake fur
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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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What I hate is nasty, ugly people.
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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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It’s up to you to make everyday as perfect as possible. It’s a question of will and discipline.
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