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.
KARL LAGERFELDI don’t like standard beauty – there is no beauty without strangeness.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.
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What I hate is nasty, ugly people.
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I only go to places if I have a professional reason. I’m not a tourist.
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I don’t know what “normal” means, anyway.
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Think pink, but don’t wear it.
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I don’t like standard beauty – there is no beauty without strangeness.
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If someone gives me a to-do list, I say ‘thank you, this is nice.’ One needs things to throw in the wastebasket.
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If you want respect for your past, it means that you have a problem with your present and even more with your future.
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When you hear designers complaining about the challenge of their profession, you have to say: don’t get carried away-it’s only dresses.
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Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.
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I like the discipline of well-cut, impeccable clothes. I think it’s a very healthy discipline.
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Don’t wear what you question, wear what you think is right for you.
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Kate Middleton has a nice silhouette and she is the right girl for that boy. I like that kind of woman, I like romantic beauties. On the other hand, her sister struggles. I don’t like the sister’s face. She should only show her back.
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The clothes don’t have to suit you; you have to suit the clothes.
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I’m a working-class person, working with class.
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