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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Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Improvise. Become more creative. Not because you have to, but because you want to. Evolution is the secret for the next step.

Karl Lagerfeld

The French say you get hungry when you’re eating, and I get inspired when I’m working. It’s my engine

Karl Lagerfeld

I do my job like I breathe — so if I can’t breathe I’m in trouble.

Karl Lagerfeld

Fashion is about two things: the evolution and the opposite.

Karl Lagerfeld

For me, Chanel is like music. There are certain notes and you have to make another tune with them

Karl Lagerfeld

The elegance is as physical, as moral quality that has nothing common with the clothing. You can see a countrywoman more elegant than one so called elegant woman.

Karl Lagerfeld

Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.

Karl Lagerfeld

If you stick to something doggedly, you are off to a bad start.

Karl Lagerfeld

A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul

Karl Lagerfeld

Fashion does not have to prove that it is serious. It is the proof that intelligent frivolity can be something creative and positive

Karl Lagerfeld

You cannot fake chic but you can be chic and fake fur

Karl Lagerfeld

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

Karl Lagerfeld

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 nature, and what’s needed is to bring something new.

Karl Lagerfeld

Fashion is neither moral or immoral, but it is for rebuilding the morale.

Karl Lagerfeld

I am a fashion person, and fashion is not only about clothes -- it's about all kinds of change

Karl Lagerfeld

One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress.

Karl Lagerfeld

The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children.

Karl Lagerfeld

Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books.

Karl Lagerfeld

For every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it.

Karl Lagerfeld

Stuff your brain with knowledge.

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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.

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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