German fashion designer (1933- )
I sketch in a way that people can nearly do the dresses without me coming in for a fitting. Every single detail, every proportion, every cut -- everything.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Karl Lagerfeld, Mr. Multitasker", Business of Fashion, Sep. 22, 2014
Only the minute and the future are interesting in fashion--it exists to be destroyed. If everybody did everything with respect, you'd go nowhere.
KARL LAGERFELD
Vanity Fair, Feb. 1992
I hated the company of other children. I wanted to be a grownup person, to be taken seriously. I hated the idea of childhood; I thought it was a moment of endless stupidity.
KARL LAGERFELD
"In the Now", The New Yorker, Mar. 19, 2007
Women can be short, but for men it is impossible. It is something that they will not forgive in life ... they are mean and they want to kill you.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Karl Lagerfeld's 20 Best Quotes", Glamour Magazine, Feb. 11, 2014
I hate amateurs. I hate unprofessional people. There are enough people who can do jobs decently that there's no reason that people who cannot do them decently [should] pretend to be great at it.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Karl Lagerfeld, Mr. Multitasker", Business of Fashion, Sep. 22, 2014
You know, I don't ask myself too much how. I just do it.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Karl Lagerfeld, Mr. Multitasker", Business of Fashion, Sep. 22, 2014
When I was a child I asked my mother what homosexuality was about and she said--and this was 100 years ago in Germany and she was very open-minded--"It's like hair color. It's nothing. Some people are blond and some people have dark hair. It's not a subject." This was a very healthy attitude.
KARL LAGERFELD
Vice Magazine, Feb. 28, 2010
I like newspapers. Maybe the iPad is very modern and everything, and I'm not against it, but I like the physical contact. And the physical contact of metal and glass is not as sensuous as paper.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Media People: Q&A With Karl Lagerfeld", Women's Wear Daily, Sep. 12, 2014
I am a completely different person when I am working on different collections.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Karl Lagerfeld on Diets, Sobriety, and Becoming a Nicer Person", New York Magazine, Nov. 7, 2013
I'm born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching. 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
"Karl Lagerfeld on Diets, Sobriety, and Becoming a Nicer Person", New York Magazine, Nov. 7, 2013
People are very nice to me, even though I'm known for saying rude things.
KARL LAGERFELD
Huffington Post, May 28, 2013
If I was a woman in Russia I would be a lesbian, as the men are very ugly.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Karl Lagerfeld on Adele, the Greek crisis and M.I.A.'s middle finger", Metro