Karl Lagerfeld
Designer
1938-09-10
Books by Karl Lagerfeld
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Karl Lagerfeld, Off the Record
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Quotes by Karl Lagerfeld
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I'm very down to Earth, I'm just not from this Earth.
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The iPod completely changed the way people approach music.
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I like to reinvent myself — it's part of my job.
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Fashion is ephemeral, dangerous and unfair.
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Music gives color to the air of the moment.
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Absurdity and anti— absurdity are the two poles of creative energy.
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What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that's gone forever, impossible to reproduce.
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You cannot fake chic but you can be chic and fake fur
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If you stick to something doggedly, you are off to a bad start.
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Fashion is neither moral or immoral, but it is for rebuilding the morale.
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I never touch sugar, cheese, bread... I only like what I'm allowed to like. I'm beyond temptation. There is no weakness. When I see tons of food in the studio, for us and for everybody, for me it's as if this stuff was made out of plastic. The idea doesn't even enter my mind that a human being could put that into their mouth. I'm like the animals in the forest. They don't touch what they cannot eat.
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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 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.
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I love classic beauty. It's an idea of beauty with no standard.
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One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress.
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Logos and branding are so important. In a big part of the world, people cannot read French or English--but are great in remembering signs
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Guilty feelings about clothes are totally unnecessary. A lot of people earn their living by making clothes, so you should never feel bad.
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Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books.
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For every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it.
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Youthfulness is about how you live not when you were born.
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I'm open to everything. When you start to criticize the times you live in, your time is over.
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