Right on the bull's eye: Karl Lagerfeld's witty statements about fashion
Let's remember the famous clothing designer five years after his death. Very soon a series about his life and career will be released.
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Designer Karl Lagerfeld built a career in fashion for 60 years, having a hand in Chanel, Fendi and Chloe. But he is known not only for his creative prolificacy, but also for his witty sayings, jokes and quotes, which have repeatedly made headlines. Full of wisdom and insight, his observations were precise and inspiring, sometimes sarcastic and playful. In this review, we will recall the most striking of them.
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About beauty
“I love classic beauty. It’s the idea of beauty without a standard.”
About work for women
“A woman is the most perfect doll, which I must dress with pleasure and admiration.”
About risk
“When I took over the house of Chanel, everyone told me: “Don’t touch him. He is dead. There's nothing you can do." And I said to myself: “I like that people think like that. Now, let's take a look."
About competition
“Is there anything healthier in the world than competition? Without it, you fall asleep and think that success and everything you do is for granted. Nothing comes for free in fashion, and that’s what I love about it.”
About Shuppet the cat (the pet who received his fortune)
“She looks like a kept woman. She has a strong character. She has lunch and dinner with me at the table, with her own food. She doesn't touch my food. She doesn't want to eat on the floor. She sleeps under a pillow and even knows how to use an iPad. She has two personal maids, one for the day and one for the night. She's very spoiled."
About social networks
“These social networks, there is something sad about them... It’s like a mirror, looking into which people talk to themselves. And what I hate most in life is selfies.”
About your style
“When I was four, as a birthday present, I asked my mother to hire me a valet. I wanted my clothes to always be ready so I could wear whatever I wanted at any time of the day. I was obsessed with clothes. I was going crazy because I wanted to dress differently at least four times a day.”
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About your client
“Once upon a time there was a designer in Paris who said: “My dresses are only for intelligent women.” She left the business, so maybe there were only idiots in it. But in fact, it was unreasonable for her to say that. I design clothes for people who like them. There is no age group, because the age group is also a kind of limitation.”
About your achievements
“I don’t believe in honorary merit. For me they lie in the next collection."
About fashion
“To say that there is no more fashion is ridiculous. Fashion without fashion is still fashion. And fashion is a train that waits for no one. Get in it or it will go away."
“Fashion shouldn’t prove something serious. Fashion proves that intelligent frivolity can be fun and positive.”
About the study
“I'm very inquisitive. I read all the magazines, I have spies everywhere, so I know everything. There are only a few people as well informed as I am.”
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About writing memoirs
“No memoirs. I have nothing to say, and what I want to say, I cannot say.”
About the design process
“I design as if I were breathing. You're not asking for a breath of air. It just happens."
