People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.
KARL LAGERFELDPeople who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.
KARL LAGERFELDNever 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.
KARL LAGERFELDWork is making a living out of being bored.
KARL LAGERFELDI like to reinvent myself – it’s part of my job.
KARL LAGERFELDI think tattoos are horrible. It’s like living in a Pucci dress full-time.
KARL LAGERFELDThe elegance is as physical, as moral quality that has nothing common with the clothing. You can see a countrywoman more elegant than one so called elegant woman.
KARL LAGERFELDI am physically allergic to flip-flops
KARL LAGERFELDFashion designers are dictators of taste.
KARL LAGERFELDThe thing at the moment is Adele. She is a little too fat, but she has a beautiful face and a divine voice.
KARL LAGERFELDI don’t do meetings. At Chanel, there are no meetings. At Chanel, we do what we want, whenever we want and it works. And Fendi is the same.
KARL LAGERFELDI design like I breathe. You don’t ask to breathe. It just happens
KARL LAGERFELDI never drink anything hot; I don’t like hot drinks, very strange.
KARL LAGERFELDI don’t want to do anything over again, ever again. I want only to do what I haven’t done. There’s no “again.” There’s only the future. I hate the past – especially my own past.
KARL LAGERFELDStuff your brain with knowledge.
KARL LAGERFELDWhen 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 LAGERFELDLogos and branding are so important. In a big part of the world, people cannot read French or English–but are great in remembering signs.
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