Nothing makes you look older than attempting to look young.
KARL LAGERFELDIn a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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The purpose of life is life.
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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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Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Improvise. Become more creative. Not because you have to, but because you want to. Evolution is the secret for the next step.
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The middle has not enough class that I think about the middle class.
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Buy what you don’t have yet, or what you really want, which can be mixed with what you already own. Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.
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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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These are fat mummies sitting with their bags of crisps in front of the television, saying that thin models are ugly. Fashion is about dreams and illusions, and no one wants to see round women.
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For every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it.
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If you’re not ready to do a non-stop dialogue with fashion, you should do another job.
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I only know how to play one role: me.
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You have to like the present; if not your life becomes secondhand, if you think it was better before. Or that it will be better in the future.
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I only go to places if I have a professional reason. I’m not a tourist.
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It’s up to you to make everyday as perfect as possible. It’s a question of will and discipline.
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I hated the company of other children. I wanted to be a grownup person, to be taken seriously. I hated the idea of childhood; I thought it was a moment of endless stupidity.
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EXTREME LUXURY ISN’T THE MOST BLING-BLING, IT’S EXTREME REFINEMENT, WHICH IS COUTURE AT ITS FINEST.
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