Karl Lagerfeld
이 분은 영원히 살 줄 알았다.
패션 세계를 바꾼 전설의 명복을 빕니다.
천국에서 입생로랑과 만나길…
quotes를 보니, 굉장히 직설적이고 자신의 생각이 확고해보인다.
“Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.” (The World According to Karl)
“I’m a kind of fashion nymphomaniac who never gets an orgasm.” (Reuters)
“The iPod is genius. I have 300.” (The Guardian).
“When I was four I asked my mother for a valet for my birthday.” (Vogue)
“Vanity is the healthiest thing in life.” (BBC)
“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.” (The Evening Standard)
“I’m rather pro-prostitution. I admire people who do it. It can’t be much fun. Thank goodness for it. People need relief or they become murderers.” (Refinery29)
“Normally, I don’t recommend me for wedding dresses – they all get a divorce.” (Vogue)
“Be politically correct, but please don’t bother other people with conversation about being politically correct, because that’s the end of everything. You want to create boredom? Be politically correct in your conversation.” (Vogue)
“Kate Middleton has a nice silhouette and she is the right girl for that boy. I like that kind of woman, I like romantic beauties. On the other hand, her sister struggles. I don’t like the sister’s face. She should only show her back.”(Daily Mail)
“The thing at the moment is Adele. She is a little too fat, but she has a beautiful face and a divine voice.” (The Guardian)
“I’m not crazy to discuss fashion with men. I couldn’t care less about their opinion,” (New York Times).
“I am a sort of vampire, taking the blood of other people.” (Vogue)
On Yves Saint Laurent: “He is very middle-of-the-road French – very pied-noir, very provincial.” (The Guardian)
On selfies: “They are this horrible thing where you are distorted. The chin is too big, the head is too small. No, this is electronic masturbation.” (Vogue)
“There are not too many people with an opinion I care for.” (New York Times)
“I don’t know Heidi Klum. She was never known in France. Claudia Schiffer also doesn’t know who she is.” (Vogue)
“Chic is a kind of mayonnaise, either it tastes, or it doesn’t.” (Vogue)
“I am like a caricature of myself, and I like that.” (The World According to Karl)
“I have no human feelings.” (Vogue)
“The discussion of fur is childish.” (Vogue)
“I am very much down to Earth. Just not this earth.” (BBC)