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The iPod is genius. I have 300.
Karl Lagerfeld
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Sunglasses are like eye shadow: They make everything look younger and pretty
Karl Lagerfeld
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The best ideas I've had in my life are those I saw in my sleep, in the early morning.
Karl Lagerfeld
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I see things in the middle of the night. I draw them on paper and I don't even think about it. I'm like a machine in a way - just made of some electronic stuff. Vaguely digital.
Karl Lagerfeld
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Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.
Karl Lagerfeld
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I didn't play with other children.
Karl Lagerfeld
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I am physically allergic to flip-flops
Karl Lagerfeld
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You have to be impeccable - I was always told as a child by my mother that you always have to be impeccable, even when you go to bed.
Karl Lagerfeld
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People want to know everything, and so they put you in the limelight. Sometimes, I am not down to earth, and I think I am flying away from the outer realms of reality.
Karl Lagerfeld
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For every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it.
Karl Lagerfeld
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My life is based on change. What I say is OK for the next ten minutes, then I change my mind.
Karl Lagerfeld
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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.
Karl Lagerfeld
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I like to reinvent myself — it’s part of my job.
Karl Lagerfeld
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The reason American cars don't sell anymore is that they have forgotten how to design the American Dream. What does it matter if you buy a car today or six months from now, because cars are not beautiful. That's why the American auto industry is in trouble: no design, no desire.
Karl Lagerfeld
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Fashion designers are dictators of taste.
Karl Lagerfeld
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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.
Karl Lagerfeld
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I like everything to be washable, myself included.
Karl Lagerfeld
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I don't like standard beauty - there is no beauty without strangeness.
Karl Lagerfeld
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I like the idea of craziness with discipline.
Karl Lagerfeld
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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 they can't be expected to be taken that seriously.
Karl Lagerfeld
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I don't understand the change of hair...Frankly, the fringe was a bad idea. It's not good.
Karl Lagerfeld
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The woman is the most perfect doll that i have dressed with delight and admiration.
Karl Lagerfeld
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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 skin and hair. That will have more impact than expensive clothes.
Karl Lagerfeld
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When I was four, I asked my mother for a valet for my birthday.
Karl Lagerfeld
