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
One should never confuse fashionable with beautiful.
-Beth Fantaskey
"Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side"
I am a fashion person, and fashion is not only about clothes -- it's about all kinds of change.
-Karl Lagerfeld
Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.
-Coco Chanel
There's nothing interesting about looking perfect—you lose the point. You want what you're wearing to say something about you, about who you are.
-Emma Watson
My motto for fashion: If you can’t afford to make an elegant statement, make a ridiculous one.
-Stecey Jay
"Romeo Redeemed"
The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.
-Yves Saint Laurent
Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.
-Quentin Crisp
Fashion has the power to magically transform you;
when you look good, you feel good.
-Dana Maulana
In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and even clothes, the discussion of fur is childish.
-Karl Lagerfeld
