I am a black diamond, unfaceted. Black diamonds are rare, hard to cut, and therefore uncommercial.
KARL LAGERFELDI am a black diamond, unfaceted. Black diamonds are rare, hard to cut, and therefore uncommercial.
KARL LAGERFELDDress 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.
KARL LAGERFELDI’m a working-class person, working with class.
KARL LAGERFELDI like the idea of craziness with discipline.
KARL LAGERFELDYouthfulness is about how you live not when you were born.
KARL LAGERFELDThese 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.
KARL LAGERFELDThe brain is a muscle, and I’m a kind of body-builder.
KARL LAGERFELDYou cannot fake chic but you can be chic and fake fur
KARL LAGERFELDMy 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.
KARL LAGERFELDWhen 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.
KARL LAGERFELDThe most important piece in the house is the garbage can.
KARL LAGERFELDI 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.
KARL LAGERFELDLogos and branding are so important. In a big part of the world, people cannot read French or English–but are great in remembering signs.
KARL LAGERFELDSweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.
KARL LAGERFELDNothing scares me more than people with some doll collection.
KARL LAGERFELDI don’t want to look sloppy, because then I feel sloppy
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