The flat shoe makes the woman equal of men. When they have high [shoes], they play a part like a geisha, and they can’t be expected to be taken that seriously.
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.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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I think everyone should go to bed like they have a date at the door.
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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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I don’t care if people I admire criticize me because their opinion is valuable to me.
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Vanity is the healthiest thing in life.
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One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress.
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When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop.
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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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Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.
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I am physically allergic to flip-flops
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Elegance is a physical quality. If a woman doesn’t have it naked, she’ll never it clothed.
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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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The clothes don’t have to suit you; you have to suit the clothes.
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Success nullifies. You then have to do it again, preferably differently.
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I only go to places if I have a professional reason. I’m not a tourist.
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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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