Karl Lagerfeld quotes

Karl Lagerfeld was a world-renowned German fashion designer, best known as the creative director of Chanel. His innovative designs and distinctive personal style made a significant impact on the fashion industry. He became an icon of modern fashion and a source of endless inspiration for designers worldwide. Here are 170 of his quotes:

The iPod completely changed the way people approach music. (Karl Lagerfeld)
I'm open to everything. When you start to criticize the times you live in, your time is over. View quote
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I like today and perhaps a little future still, but the past is really something I'm not interested in. So, as far as I'm concerned, I like only the past of things and people I don't know. When I know, I don't care because I knew how it was. View quote
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Fashion designers are dictators of taste. View quote
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Fantasy is often better than reality. It's much more inspiring not to go to places than to go. View quote
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I'm not a marketing person. I don't ask myself questions. I go by instinct. View quote
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You cannot fake chic but you can be chic and fake fur. View quote
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In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and even clothes, the discussion of fur is childish. View quote
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Don't overact the story of your name. Overact the story of your work. View quote
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What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that's gone forever, impossible to reproduce. View quote
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The only love that I really believe in is a mother's love for her children. (Karl Lagerfeld)
When you hear designers complaining about the challenge of their profession, you have to say: don't get carried away-it's only dresses. View quote
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When people talk about the good old days, I say to people, 'It's not the days that are old, it's you that's old.' I hate the good old days. What is important is that today is good. View quote
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Don't look to the approval of others for your mental stability. View quote
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I don't like standard beauty - there is no beauty without strangeness. View quote
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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. View quote
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Personality begins where comparison ends. View quote
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Like poetry, fashion does not state anything. It merely suggests. View quote
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Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants. View quote
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Fashion is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality. View quote
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I like to reinvent myself - it's part of my job. (Karl Lagerfeld)
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. View quote
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A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul. View quote
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Youthfulness is about how you live not when you were born. View quote
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One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress. View quote
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Karl Lagerfeld

Karl Lagerfeld - Image
Photo: Christopher William Adach, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: German Designer
Born: September 10, 1933
Died: February 19, 2019
Quotes count: 170
Wikipedia: Karl Lagerfeld

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