I am not a fashion victim. Fashion is my victim.
Interpretation
The speaker asserts their control over fashion, indicating that they set the trends rather than blindly following them.
In this quote, Karl Lagerfeld emphasizes a powerful perspective on fashion, suggesting that he views fashion as an entity that he dominates rather than being controlled by it. This attitude showcases a confidence in personal style and creativity, where true designers and trendsetters become the architects of fashion rather than mere consumers of it.
In practice
During a fashion seminar, one can use this quote to inspire aspiring designers to express their individuality.
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.
I'm open to everything. When you start to criticize the times you live in, your time is over.
If I could be reincarnated as a fashion accessory, it would be a shopping bag.
Chic is a kind of mayonnaise, either it tastes, or it doesn't.
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.
Elegance has nothing to do with fashion.
Poetry is not a civilizer, rather the reverse, for great poetry appeals to the most primitive instincts.
I've always felt like I was an actor for hire. And almost apologetic for being a woman of color, trying to stifle that voice. But I don't feel that way in Shondaland. I feel like I am accepted into a world where I'm a part of the narrative - I'm a part of it.
What is the point of singing wonderful lyrics if the audience can't understand what is being said or heard?
"Utter truth is essential, and that is what stirs me when I look through the camera."
A poet’s freedom lies precisely in the impossibility of worldly success. It is the freedom of one who knows he will never be anything but a failure in the world’s estimation, and may do as he pleases. The poet is a man on the sidelines of life, sidelined for life. He belongs to the aristocracy of the outcast, the lowest of the low, below the salt of the earth. A member of the most ancient regime in the world. One that cannot, it seems, be overthrown.
It doesn't matter at all for me that I work in hospital or anywhere with limited space. Every day, I'm creating new works with all my might.
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