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
I would make myself head of the style police and we would fight fiercely against sloppiness,
Luxury is the ease of a t-shirt in a very expensive dress.
Absurdity and anti—absurdity are the two poles of creative energy.
I am a fashion person, and fashion is not only about clothes -- it's about all kinds of change
I want everyone to wear what they want and mix it in their own way. That, to me, is what is modern.
Like poetry, fashion does not state anything. It merely suggests
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.
Personality begins where comparison ends.
One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress.
Trendy is the last stage before tacky.
Elegance is a physical quality. If a woman doesn't have it naked, she'll never it clothed.
Everything is about cut. But worse than couture cuts. The dresses from far away, you think that it is a little T-shirt. And then you get near to it, you are scared by the craftsmanship put into that dress.
Every coat is different and in every kind of material,
It does not worry me personally - I like communication and visibility - but then I don't have to think about commerce. I like the idea of seeing it everywhere. Designers can't live in an ivory tower. And to copy well is as difficult now as it was in the past.