All Quotes By Tag: Karl-lagerfeld

“I would like to be a one-man multinational fashion phenomenon.”

“Forgiveness isn’t something I’m preoccupied with — turning the other cheek isn’t my trip.”

“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.”

“I had an interview once with some German journalist—some horrible, ugly woman. It was in the early days after the communists—maybe a week after—and she wore a yellow sweater that was kind of see-through. She had huge tits and a huge black bra, and she said to me, ‘It’s impolite; remove your glasses.’ I said, ‘Do I ask you to remove your bra?”

“Fashion is about going ahead, not about memory.”

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

“I do my job like I breathe — so if I can’t breathe I’m in trouble.”

“The secret to modeling is not being perfect. What one needs is a face that people can identify in a second. You have to be given what’s needed by nature, and what’s needed is to bring something new.”

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

“I want everyone to wear what they want and mix it in their own way. That, to me, is what is modern.”

“Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Improvise. Become more creative. Not because you have to, but because you want to. Evolution is the secret for the next step.”

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

“Fashion is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality.”

“People 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.”

“Stuff your brain with knowledge.”