I am a black diamond, unfaceted. Black diamonds are rare, hard to cut, and therefore uncommercial.
KARL LAGERFELDWhen 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.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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The elegance is as physical, as moral quality that has nothing common with the clothing. You can see a countrywoman more elegant than one so called elegant woman.
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You cannot fake chic but you can be chic and fake fur
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Logos and branding are so important. In a big part of the world, people cannot read French or English–but are great in remembering signs.
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Fashion and music are the same, because music express its period too.
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I would make myself head of the style police and we would fight fiercely against sloppiness.
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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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The smell of a freshly printed book is the best smell in the world.
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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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Nothing makes you look older than attempting to look young.
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Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.
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Be politically correct, but please don’t bother other people with conversation about being politically correct, because that’s the end of everything. You want to create boredom? Be politically correct in your conversation.
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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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I never fall in love.
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The best thing to do is dive with your imagination ~ you can never drown yourself.
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Stuff your brain with knowledge.
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I design like I breathe. You don’t ask to breathe. It just happens
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Personality begins where comparison ends.
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Dieting is the only game where you win when you lose!
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If you stick to something doggedly, you are off to a bad start.
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I hate amateurs. I hate unprofessional people. There are enough people who can do jobs decently that there’s no reason that people who cannot do them decently [should] pretend to be great at it.
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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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My job is to bring out in people what they wouldn’t dare do themselves.
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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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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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Think pink, but don’t wear it.
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What I hate is nasty, ugly people.
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