The middle has not enough class that I think about the middle class.
KARL LAGERFELDFor every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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I would make myself head of the style police and we would fight fiercely against sloppiness.
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To reinvent a newly impeccable you in the most modern of outfits, don’t skip on makeup and be sure to have flawless skin and hair. That will have more impact than expensive clothes.
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Trendy is the last stage before tacky.
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Success nullifies. You then have to do it again, preferably differently.
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I’m all self-taught. I never had a teacher. Even for English, and French, and German, I hardly went to school.
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I like the idea of craziness with discipline.
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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.
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Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.
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I only know how to play one role: me.
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Black-and-whit e always looks modern, whatever that word means.
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I think that it’s a crime to say you are bored when time is so precious and there are so many things to do in life: read, learn, watch.
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Never use the word “cheap”. Today everybody can look chic in inexpensive clothes (the rich buy them too). There is good clothing design on every level today. You can be the chicest thing in the world in a T-shirt and jeans – it’s up to you.
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You come first, the clothes later. Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Be creative.
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Normal people think I’m insane.
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Like poetry, fashion does not state anything. It merely suggests.
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