I’m a working-class person, working with class.
KARL LAGERFELDWhen I was a child, I never played with other children. I hated them.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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I am not a fashion victim. Fashion is my victim.
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Nothing makes you look older than attempting to look young.
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My only ambition in life . . . is to wear size 28 jeans.
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Trendy is the last stage before tacky.
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I think it’s horrible that people have to be told. Don’t smoke! Everybody knows it’s bad for the health. But they have to forbid it.
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I’m born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching.
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Sunglasses are like eye shadow: They make everything look younger and pretty
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I’m not a marketing person. I don’t ask myself questions. I go by instinct.
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People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.
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A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul
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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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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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Success nullifies. You then have to do it again, preferably differently.
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Sometimes it’s easy to have ideas, but somebody has to find a way to do it. Often those responsible for finding a way don’t have the idea.
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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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