QuoteProject
If I could be reincarnated as a fashion accessory, it would be a shopping bag.
Karl Lagerfeld
ShareWTF𝕏

Interpretation

What this quote means

The quote humorously expresses a desire to be a fashion item, highlighting the significance of fashion in one's identity.

Karl Lagerfeld's quote reflects a playful take on fashion and consumer culture, suggesting that a shopping bag symbolizes both utility and style. It indicates how fashion accessories can carry personal identity and societal status, as well as the joy of participating in the world of fashion.

Themes

FashionAccessoryIdentityConsumerismStyle

In practice

Example use cases

In a conversation about personal style at a fashion event.

More from Karl Lagerfeld

I believe in sketching because there is something very sensitive in sketching, you know, in sketches that you don't have out of a computer that looks the same like everybody even if, later on, the dresses are OK, but I like to sketch, and I like to see trails made after my sketches that look the same. It is you know, what I like.
Karl LagerfeldRead
I'm open to everything. When you start to criticize the times you live in, your time is over.
Karl LagerfeldRead
Chic is a kind of mayonnaise, either it tastes, or it doesn't.
Karl LagerfeldRead
Why should I stop working? If I do, I'll die and it'll all be finished. 'm lucky to work in the most perfect of conditions. I can do what I want in all kinds of areas. The expenses are not expenses. I would be stupid to stop that. Work is making a living out of being bored.
Karl LagerfeldRead
Elegance has nothing to do with fashion.
Karl LagerfeldRead
It’s up to you to make everyday as perfect as possible. _x000D_ It’s a question of will and discipline.
Karl LagerfeldRead

Similar quotes

Try to distill the character of your subject. Understand how he moves, thinks, acts. It's difficult to put into words. Consider each drawing as a problem that did not exist before, and then try to solve that problem to the best of your ability. That i what caricature is all about
Al HirschfeldRead
From the very early stage when I started doing performance art in the '70s, the general attitude - not just me, but also my colleagues - was that there should not be any documentation, that the performance itself is artwork and there should be no documentation.
Marina AbramovicRead
In music, you ain't really got to be able to sing. In comedy, you may be cute, you may be able to add a little extra to your routine, but if you're not funny, no one's really rocking with you - and if you're a black woman, you better be hilarious. As usual, we always have to do the most.
Amanda SealesRead
I've always wanted to be able to paint the dawn.
David HockneyRead
The secret to film is that it's an illusion.
George LucasRead
Hay que ser absolutamente Moderno
Arthur RimbaudRead

A little wisdom, now and then

Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.

Quote by Karl Lagerfeld | QuoteProject