No, I'm not a French designer either. I'm from nowhere. I'm a European, old European is all I am. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
If you throw money out of the window throw it out with joy. Don’t say: 'one shouldn't do that' - that is… — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
I can tell you all kinds of moral tales, but fashion and reality are vaguely different. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
I always loved advertising. If I hadn't been in fashion, I'd have been in advertising. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
Oh yes, I love to do shoes. I'm not a fetishist but I love to do shoes. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
Fashion and music are the same, because music express its period too. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
“In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and even clothes, the discussion of fur is childish.” — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
The story with anorexic girls - nobody works with anorexic girls. That has nothing to do with fashion. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
Never use the word “cheap”. Today everybody can look chic in inexpensive clothes (the rich buy them too). There is good clothing… — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
The couture is what a certain kind of clientele wears. But it's amusing to do because you do it piece by piece.… — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
Chanel is composed of only a few elements, white camellias, quilted bags and Austrian doorman's jackets, pearls, chains, shoes with black toes.… — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
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… — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
Forget about your folklore. I can take a few inspirations, but I can certainly not do an homage. That's not my trip.… — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
Fashion does not have to prove that it is serious. It is the proof that intelligent frivolity can be something creative and… — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
Tell me, why do former young designers who are now in their middle 40s have to redo the 1960s and 70s. Why… — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
I sketch in a way that people can nearly do the dresses without me coming in for a fitting. Every single detail,… — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
I like the discipline of well-cut, impeccable clothes. I think it's a very healthy discipline. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
The woman is the most perfect doll that i have dressed with delight and admiration. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
There was a moment when designers draped in ermine would be reading Proust, or pretending to. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
If I could be reincarnated as a fashion accessory, it would be a shopping bag. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
What I've done, Coco Chanel would never have done. She would have hated it. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
I'm a very down-to-earth person, but it is my job to make that earth more pleasant. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
I am a fashion person, and fashion is not only about clothes -- it's about all kinds of change — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
Luxury bags make your life more pleasant, make you dream, give you confidence, and show your neighbors you are doing well. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
If you're not ready to do a non-stop dialogue with fashion, you should do another job. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
Don’t wear what you question, wear what you think is right for you. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
Fashion is neither moral or immoral, but it is for rebuilding the morale. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
You can be the chicest thing in the world in a T-shirt and jeans - it's up to you. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
Normally, I don't recommend me for wedding dresses – they all get a divorce. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
I want everyone to wear what they want and mix it in their own way. That, to me, is what is modern. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share
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. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share
I’m not crazy to discuss fashion with men. I couldn’t care less about their opinion. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share
I am a black diamond, unfaceted. Black diamonds are rare, hard to cut, and therefore uncommercial. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share
If I were a woman, I would love to have lots of kids. But for men, I don't believe in it. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share
Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share
What I like about music is the songs you can remember the lines of in a single second. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share
People want to know everything, and so they put you in the limelight. Sometimes, I am not down to earth, and I think I… — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share
