If someone gives me a to-do list, I say ‘thank you, this is nice.’ One needs things to throw in the wastebasket.
KARL LAGERFELDThe reason American cars don’t sell anymore is that they have forgotten how to design the American Dream. What does it matter if you buy a car today or six months from now, because cars are not beautiful. That’s why the American auto industry is in trouble: no design, no desire.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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Trendy is the last stage before tacky.
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Dress for yourself and the man you love (if there is one). Women dressing to impress other women–forget about that. Forget about that. It’s a very bad way of thinking.
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No one wants to see curvy women.
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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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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.
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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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My hair is not really white; it’s kind of grayish, and I don’t like the color. So I make it totally white with Klorane dry shampoo. That is the best thing to do because my hair is always clean.
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Think pink, but don’t wear it.
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Guilty feelings about clothes are totally unnecessary. A lot of people earn their living by making clothes, so you should never feel bad.
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Seduction is, first and foremost, an art form. And seduction should not always be treated as a wild celebration. In fact, it’s more of an evocation of what you do. It’s more an evocation of seduction.
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I don’t like standard beauty – there is no beauty without strangeness.
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People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.
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Fashion is the healthiest motivation for losing weight.
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I don’t want to look sloppy, because then I feel sloppy
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I design like I breathe. You don’t ask to breathe. It just happens
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