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On Karl

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"I am a black diamond, unfaceted. Black diamonds are rare, hard to cut, and therefore uncommercial."

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On Designing

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"When you hear designers complaining about the challenge of their profession, you have to say: don’t get carried away—it’s only dresses."

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On His Work Ethic

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On Nostalgia

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"There is nothing worse than bringing up the 'good old days.' To me, that's the ultimate acknowledgment of failure."

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On Selfies

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"They are this horrible thing where you are distorted. The chin is too big, the head is too small. No, this is electronic masturbation." (The Guardian)

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On Self-Image

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"To think appearances don’t count these days is a lie: it lets you live in harmony with yourself."

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On Self-Image

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On Style

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"Summer clothes that are rumpled or relaxed drive me mad. I loathe 'rumplednes,' if I can put it that way. It's okay between the ages of 25 and 30, but unfortunately after that it’s dreadful. I hate people in the street who look like they've raided their grandchildren’s wardrobe."

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On Style

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"Don't dress to kill, dress to survive." (Twitter)

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On Chanel

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"What I've done, Coco Chanel would never have done. She would have hated it."

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On Branding

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"I am a living label. My name is Labelfeld not Lagerfeld."

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On Fads

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"Trendy is the last stage before tacky."

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On His Sunglasses

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"They're my burka... I'm a little shortsighted, and people, when they're shortsighted, they remove their glasses and then they look like cute little dogs who want to be adopted." (Vogue)

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On Luxury

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"You have to live your life according to your ideas. Spend all your money and live life in line with what you are fighting for. I hate it when rich people try to be Communists. I think that's obscene."

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On Fashion

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"I am a kind of fashion nymphomaniac who never gets an orgasm." (Reuters)

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On Men

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“I get along with everyone except for men my age, who are bourgeois or retired or boring.” (SFGate)

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On Being in Shape

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"I worked out a lot before I was 20. I was hard underneath. I had just a little padding. I was quilted. Always Chanel..."

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On Solitude

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"I live in a set, with the curtains of the stage closed with no audience - but who cares?" (Huffington Post)

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On the World

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“We live in a dark and romantic and quite tragic world.” (The New Yorker)

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On Weddings

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"Normally, I don't recommend me for wedding dresses - they all get a divorce." (Vogue)

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