Lagerfeld Karl Quotes

“Clamboring over building detritus was not the lifestyle Karl Lagerfeld had in mind for this sweet little powder-blue suit. As he oversaw the hand stitching in his atelier he had probably imagined the suit living a life of tea parties and lunches with the girls at the Ivy”

— Tyne O'Connell

“All of the designers I have met up to this point have been very nice, although upon being introduced to Karl Lagerfeld, he looks me up and down and dismisses me with the not super-kind, "What can you write that hasn't been written already?"
He's absolutely right, I have no idea. I can but try. The only thing I can come up with right now is that Lagerfeld's powdered white ponytail has dusted the shoulders of his suit with what looks like dandruff but isn't ... seated on a tiny velvet chair, with his large doughy rump dominating the miniature piece of furniture like a loose, flabby, ass-flavored muffin over-risen from its pan, he resembles a Daumier caricature of some corpulent, overfed, inhumane oligarch drawn sitting on a commode, stuffing his greedy throat with the corpses of dead children, while from his other end he shits out huge, malodorous piles of tainted money. How's that for new and groundbreaking, Mr. L.?
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— David Rakoff

“One Is Never Over-Dressed OR Understand With A Little Black Dress By Karl Lagerfeld”

— Karl Lagerfeld

“I went to Brown to be a French professor, and I didn't know what I was doing except that I loved French. When I got to Paris and I could speak French, I know how much it helped me to establish relationships with Karl Lagerfeld, with the late Yves St. Laurent. French, it just helps you if you're in fashion. The French people started style.”

— Andre Leon Talley

“Karl Lagerfeld never touched a pair of scissors in his life.”

— Azzedine Alaia

“The attention from the fashion world is something that I didn't expect. I've shot with Bruce Weber and met Karl Lagerfeld. Having that kind of attention is really exciting.”

— Emily Ratajkowski

“Karl Lagerfeld and Tom Ford are both geniuses.”

— Arizona Muse

“On the red carpet, I need to be protected. When I wear a Chanel dress, I feel like I've earned the right to be there. And Karl Lagerfeld is so poetic, such an intelligent man. I like the way he has the power to draw attention.”

— Rinko Kikuchi

“I went from the glamour of working with Karl Lagerfeld and John Galliano to living on an isolated hilltop, with my husband gone most of the time.”

— Liberty Ross

“Karl Lagerfeld looks very tough because of the glasses, and he has all these rings and the leather gloves, and he's so smart. But he's a very nice person ... when he comes into a room or studio, he is going to say hello to each person, and the same when he leaves.”

— Carine Roitfeld

“People imagine I am always in a Bentley with pearls and diamonds and black glasses and Karl Lagerfeld next to me.”

— Ines De La Fressange

“If I were a girl, I always like Chanel. It's so stylish and timeless. So I like Karl Lagerfeld a lot.”

— Tiesto

“I would love to be a spokes model for Karl Lagerfeld or Balenciaga or something like that.”

— Johnny Weir

“There's a lot of work that goes into it - if you think about how many collections a year that Karl Lagerfeld has to do, with Chanel and all the other things he does - you can't do that unless you are working 18 hours a day. It's really a lot of hard, hard work.”

— Penelope Cruz

“I am so grateful to Marc Jacobs, Riccardo Tisci, Karl Lagerfeld, and Katie Grand, who took a chance on me that first season and gave me an opportunity.”

— Kendall Jenner

“I was impressed with what someone like Karl Lagerfeld built and did and the house that he made, but there was never really a female figure I wanted to emulate.”

— Lana Del Rey

“I love Karl Lagerfeld. I worship him. I was brought up in Paris, and my mum used to wear a lot of Chanel. I love the brand.”

— Emma Watson

“Karl Lagerfeld is the hardest-working man in showbiz!”

— Theophilus London

“Those cunning bastards at Karl Lagerfeld and Christian Dior knew exactly what was required to trap a poor man. She smelled wonderful.”

— Jo Nesbø

“He sensed her aroma and greedily breathed in the fragrance. He must not let himself be duped. Those cunning bastards at Karl Lagerfeld and Christian Dior knew exactly what was required to trap a poor man.”

— Jo Nesbø

“I met with Karl Lagerfeld, and if you have those kind of connections, that takes you into that world and puts you on that level.”

— Emily Ratajkowski