Quotes by Karl Lagerfeld

About Karl Lagerfeld:

Karl Lagerfeld is a German fashion designer, artist, and photographer based in Paris. He is the head designer and creative director of the fashion house Chanel as well as the Italian house Fendi and his own label fashion house. Over the decades, he has collaborated on a variety of fashion and art-related projects. He is well recognized around the world for his trademark white hair, black glasses, and high starched collars.
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I have my permanent muses and my muses of the moment.

Karl Lagerfeld

I didn't play with other children.

Karl Lagerfeld

I don't eat bubble gum, but I like the smell.

Karl Lagerfeld

Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary.

Karl Lagerfeld

No, I'm not a French designer either. I'm from nowhere. I'm a European, old European is all I am.

Karl Lagerfeld

I've done many ads because that's my new career. It's an inspiring extension for my mind.

Karl Lagerfeld

People can drink with their eyes; I can eat with my nose.

Karl Lagerfeld

My childhood was endless - from eight to 18 felt like hundreds of years.

Karl Lagerfeld

I would like to be a one-man multinational fashion phenomenon.

Karl Lagerfeld

I've only wanted paper and beautiful colors. It was my dream, and it still is my dream. And books. They're all I need, and the rest I can do without.

Karl Lagerfeld

No. I mean those people really did something for designers I don't think department stores can, could or should do still today. Today the world is different so you have to make it differently. There's TV. There's a lot of things.

Karl Lagerfeld

I hated to be treated as a child. I thought it was the worst situation.

Karl Lagerfeld

My favorite kitchen was the Japanese and the Italian kitchen.

Karl Lagerfeld

I prefer to be in a video than to play with it.

Karl Lagerfeld

Personally, I don't wear fur.

Karl Lagerfeld

I wanted to become an illustrator as a child.

Karl Lagerfeld

I never drink anything hot; I don't like hot drinks, very strange.

Karl Lagerfeld

I'm like a rock singer with one-night stands on the road.

Karl Lagerfeld

I have more friends in New York than Paris.

Karl Lagerfeld

I like the discipline of well-cut, impeccable clothes. I think it's a very healthy discipline.

Karl Lagerfeld

I do my job like I breathe.

Karl Lagerfeld

Author Bio

  • NameKarl Lagerfeld
  • DescriptionGerman fashion designer
  • BornSeptember 10, 1933
  • CountryGermany; Sweden
  • ProfessionFashion Designer; Designer; Photographer; Publisher
  • AwardsVerdienstkreuz 1. Klasse Des Verdienstordens Der Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse Des Verdienstordens Der Bundesrepublik Deutschland