Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Otto Lagerfeldis 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 fashion label. 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...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth10 September 1933
CityHamburg, Germany
CountryGermany
Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.
I like to do things quickly because I'm easily bored.
The iPod completely changed the way people approach music.
If there's something dangerous, sauces are dangerous for the body.
Vanity is the healthiest thing in life.
In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.
I'm not a marketing person. I don't ask myself questions. I go by instinct.
I don't care if people I admire criticize me because their opinion is valuable to me.
I had an interview once with some German journalist—some horrible, ugly woman. It was in the early days after the communists—maybe a week after—and she wore a yellow sweater that was kind of see-through. She had huge tits and a huge black bra, and she said to me, ‘It’s impolite; remove your glasses.’ I said, ‘Do I ask you to remove your bra?
Greece needs to work on a cleaner image. It's a big problem, as they have this reputation of being so corrupt.
Today couture has to be expensive, but it shouldn’t look expensive.
I prefer to be in a video than to play with it.
Nothing scares me more than people with some doll collection.
The best ideas I've had in my life are those I saw in my sleep, in the early morning.