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.
KARL LAGERFELDThe most important piece in the house is the garbage can.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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Think pink, but don’t wear it.
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I think tattoos are horrible. It’s like living in a Pucci dress full-time.
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I’m a working-class person, working with class.
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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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In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.
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Trendy is the last stage before tacky.
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Don’t wear what you question, wear what you think is right for you.
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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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You have to like the present; if not your life becomes secondhand, if you think it was better before. Or that it will be better in the future.
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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 design like I breathe. You don’t ask to breathe. It just happens
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When 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.
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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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I only know how to play one role: me.
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Personality begins where comparison ends.
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