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As a child I wanted to be a grown-up. I wanted to know everything – not that I like to talk about it. I hate intellectual conversation with intellectuals because I only care about my opinion.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld 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.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld Seduction is, first and foremost, an art form. And seduction should not always be treated as a wild celebration. In fact, it’s more of an evocation of what you do. It’s more an evocation of seduction.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld 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.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld Fashion and music are the same, because music express its period too.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld Stuff your brain with knowledge.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld I 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 LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld Don’t look to the approval of others for your mental stability
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld The clothes don’t have to suit you; you have to suit the clothes.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld Those social networks, there’s something sad about them. Is it because they don’t have enough knowledge about friends and people? I don’t understand it. It’s like a talkative mirror where people talk to themselves. And what I hate most in life is selfies.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld 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.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld Keep the best, forget the rest.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld I don’t want to look sloppy, because then I feel sloppy
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld What is the worst is a fashion designer who talks all the time of his or her creativity, what they are, how they evolved. Just do it and shut up.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld Don’t wear what you question, wear what you think is right for you.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld
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