Success nullifies. You then have to do it again, preferably differently.
KARL LAGERFELDSuccess nullifies. You then have to do it again, preferably differently.
KARL LAGERFELDYou 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.
KARL LAGERFELDA sense of humour and a little lack of respect: That’s what you need to make a legend survive.
KARL LAGERFELDI think everyone should go to bed like they have a date at the door.
KARL LAGERFELDI design like I breathe. You don’t ask to breathe. It just happens
KARL LAGERFELDI don’t know what “normal” means, anyway.
KARL LAGERFELDNever 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.
KARL LAGERFELDEXTREME LUXURY ISN’T THE MOST BLING-BLING, IT’S EXTREME REFINEMENT, WHICH IS COUTURE AT ITS FINEST.
KARL LAGERFELDDuring the golden age of movie stars, there were plenty of actresses who were deemed unattractive at the start of their careers, but struggled and finally appeared more beautiful and more iconic. Sometimes that idea of being truly iconic has something to do with not necessarily being beautiful and thus trying harder.
KARL LAGERFELDI get along with everyone except for men my age, who are bourgeois or retired or boring.
KARL LAGERFELDFashion is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality.
KARL LAGERFELDI was never a feminist because I was never ugly enough for that.
KARL LAGERFELDThink pink, but don’t wear it.
KARL LAGERFELDWhen you hear designers complaining about the challenge of their profession, you have to say: don’t get carried away-it’s only dresses.
KARL LAGERFELDPeople who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory.
KARL LAGERFELDNothing makes you look older than attempting to look young.
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