Dress for yourself and the man you love (if there is one). Women dressing to impress other women–forget about that. Forget about that. It’s a very bad way of thinking.
KARL LAGERFELDWhen you hear designers complaining about the challenge of their profession, you have to say: don’t get carried away-it’s only dresses.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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There’s something boring about people who have to go to an office for a living…
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Normal people think I’m insane.
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My hair is not really white; it’s kind of grayish, and I don’t like the color. So I make it totally white with Klorane dry shampoo. That is the best thing to do because my hair is always clean.
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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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People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory.
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If you’re not ready to do a non-stop dialogue with fashion, you should do another job.
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The French say you get hungry when you’re eating, and I get inspired when I’m working. It’s my engine.
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Youthfulness is about how you live not when you were born.
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The best thing to do is dive with your imagination ~ you can never drown yourself.
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The reason American cars don’t sell anymore is that they have forgotten how to design the American Dream. What does it matter if you buy a car today or six months from now, because cars are not beautiful. That’s why the American auto industry is in trouble: no design, no desire.
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I am not a fashion victim. Fashion is my victim.
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Luxury is the income tax of vanity. But it is so pleasant.
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Don’t dress to kill, dress to survive.
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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 don’t like sleeping with people I really love. I don’t want to sleep with them because sex cannot last, but affection can last forever.
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