Karl Lagerfeld’s Wittiest, Most Iconic, and Most Outrageous Quotes of All Time.
“Chic is a kind of mayonnaise, either it tastes, or it doesn’t.”
“I am like a caricature of myself, and I like that. It is like a mask. And for me the Carnival of Venice lasts all year long.”
“I’m very much down to earth, just not this earth.”
“Don’t dress to kill, dress to survive.”
“Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.”
“Trendy is the last stage before tacky.”
“Luxury is the ease of a t-shirt in a very expensive dress.”
“Luxury bags make your life more pleasant, make you dream, give you confidence, and show your neighbors you’re doing well.”
“Everything I say is a joke. I am a joke of myself.”
“I hate intellectual conversation with intellectuals because I only care about my opinion.”
“I’m not crazy to discuss fashion with men. I couldn’t care less about their opinion.”
“I’m very impeccable and clean before I go to bed. When I was a child, my mother always told me that you could wake up in the middle of the night and be deathly sick, so you always have to be impeccable. I laugh about it now, but I think everyone should go to bed like they have a date at the door.”
“If you throw money out of the window, throw it out with joy. Don’t say: ‘one shouldn’t do that’—that is bourgeois.”
“Life is not a beauty contest, some [ugly people] are great. What I hate is nasty, ugly people…the worst is ugly, short men. 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.”
“Selfies are this horrible thing where you are distorted. The chin is too big, the head is too small. It is electronic masturbation.”
Thank you Harper’s Bazaar
