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 LAGERFELDPeople who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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For every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it.
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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.
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Luxury is the income tax of vanity. But it is so pleasant.
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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.
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Trendy is the last stage before tacky.
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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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Sunglasses are like eye shadow: They make everything look younger and pretty
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When people talk about the good old days, I say to people, ‘It’s not the days that are old, it’s you that’s old.’ I hate the good old days. What is important is that today is good.
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I don’t like standard beauty – there is no beauty without strangeness.
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I’m very much down to earth, just not this earth.
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I would make myself head of the style police and we would fight fiercely against sloppiness.
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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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Normal people think I’m insane.
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Life should be larger than life. Size is important to escape normalization.
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I’m not a social person. Not that I’m not at ease. I’m pretty good, but it bores me. Not the people, but the whole thing. What for? It’s not very productive. I only want to do what I have to do: fashion, photography, books. And that’s all.
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