"I never smoked. I never drank and I never took drugs. The funny thing is, nothing is more boring, people like this. For me, it's OK. But most of my fr...

I think it's horrible that people have to be told. Don't smoke! Everybody knows it's bad for the health. But they have to forbid it.
~ Karl Lagerfeld ~












I think it's horrible that people have to be told. Don't smoke! Everybody knows it's bad for the hea...
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"When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop.
"We need houses as we need clothes, architecture stimulates fashion. It’s like hunger and thirst — you need them both.
"Guilty feelings about clothes are totally unnecessary. A lot of people earn their living by making clothes, so you should never feel bad.
"There will be gay couples; it will exist. It is not very nice that people who are married - who divorce in three seconds - don't want protection for t...
"There are less than 1 per cent of anorexic girls, but there more than 30 per cent of girls in France - I don't know about England - that are much, muc...
"In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and even clothes, the discussion of fur is childish.
"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 natu...
"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
"A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul
"People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.
"If you stick to something doggedly, you are off to a bad start.
"Fashion does not have to prove that it is serious. It is the proof that intelligent frivolity can be something creative and positive
"I would like to be a one-man multinational fashion phenomenon.