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
Quotations
Fashion
I am a fashion person, and fashion is not only about clothes -- it's about all kinds of change.
-Karl Lagerfeld
I love new clothes. If everyone could just wear new clothes everyday, I reckon depression wouldn’t exist anymore.
-Sophie Kinsella
"Confessions of a Shopaholic"
I want everyone to wear what they want and mix it in their own way. That, to me, is what is modern.
-Karl Lagerfeld
A fashion that does not reach the streets is not a fashion.
-Coco Chanel
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
In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and even clothes, the discussion of fur is childish.
-Karl Lagerfeld
No need for everyone to look the same.
The secret is to wear what suits you best!
-Chica Umino
"Honey and Clover, Volume 4"
A beautiful dress may look beautiful on a hanger, but that means nothing. It must be seen on the shoulders, with the movement of the arms, the legs, and the waist.
-Coco Chanel
Like poetry, fashion does not state anything. It merely suggests.
-Karl Lagerfeld
