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Fashion Quotes by Karl Lagerfeld

90 Fashion quotes by Karl Lagerfeld

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I’m not crazy to discuss fashion with men, and I claim fashion is my victim, not the other way around. He notes that losing weight can be a path to suit‑wear, that fashion isn’t moral or immoral but can rebuild morale, and that architecture and clothing share a hunger‑like need.

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Doing collections, doing fashion is like a non-stop dialogue.

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You cannot fake chic but you can be chic and fake fur

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Music is part of the life of fashion, too.

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Don't dress to kill, dress to survive.

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The brain is a muscle, and I'm a kind of body-builder.

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The iPod is genius. I have 300.

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Fashion is about going ahead, not about memory.

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I’m very much down to earth, just not this earth.

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“In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and even clothes, the discussion of fur is childish.”

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The story with anorexic girls - nobody works with anorexic girls. That has nothing to do with fashion.

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I like the discipline of well-cut, impeccable clothes. I think it's a very healthy discipline.

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The woman is the most perfect doll that i have dressed with delight and admiration.

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There was a moment when designers draped in ermine would be reading Proust, or pretending to.

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The importance of logo into today's fashion is un! be! Lievable!

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One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress.

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If you throw money out of the window throw it out with joy. Don’t say: 'one shouldn't do that' - that is…

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Chanel is composed of only a few elements, white camellias, quilted bags and Austrian doorman's jackets, pearls, chains, shoes with black toes.…

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Forget about your folklore. I can take a few inspirations, but I can certainly not do an homage. That's not my trip.…

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I'm not a social person. Not that I'm not at ease. I'm pretty good, but it bores me. Not the people, but…

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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…

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We create a product nobody needs but people want. You spend more for what you really want; some boring things you need:…

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The couture is what a certain kind of clientele wears. But it's amusing to do because you do it piece by piece.…

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The flat shoe makes the woman equal of men. When they have high [shoes], they play a part like a geisha, and…

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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…

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Of course there are some evening dresses that you cannot wear in daylight because it would be ridiculous, but there is a…

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It's never too early to care about fashion.

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Buy clothes the size you want to wear.

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Fashion is ephemeral, dangerous and unfair.

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Only the minute and the future are interesting in fashion.

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Trendy is the last stage before tacky.

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Elegance has nothing to do with fashion.

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I am physically allergic to flip-flops

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I am not a fashion victim. Fashion is my victim.

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It would have been difficult to have an ugly daughter.

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Fashion designers are dictators of taste.

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I lost 200lb to wear suits by Hedi Slimane

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Fashion is about two things: the evolution and the opposite.

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The advantage of Fashion is that there is no racism

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One is never over or underdressed with a little black dress

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Luxury is the ease of a t-shirt in a very expensive dress.

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I'm totally myself.

In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.

Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.

I’m not crazy to discuss fashion with men. I couldn’t care less about their opinion.

I am a black diamond, unfaceted. Black diamonds are rare, hard to cut, and therefore uncommercial.

I don't like the sister's face. She should only show her back.

I design like I breathe. You don't ask to breathe. It just happens

If I were a woman, I would love to have lots of kids. But for men, I don't believe in it.

I think for my bones and my size, I better stay with my 60 kilo.

I am not a fashion victim. Fashion is my victim.

Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.

What I like about music is the songs you can remember the lines of in a single second.

People want to know everything, and so they put you in the limelight. Sometimes, I am not down to earth, and I think I…

I lost 200lb to wear suits by Hedi Slimane

I wanted to become an illustrator as a child.