You come first, the clothes later. Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Be creative.
Interpretation
Prioritize your personal style over trends and be innovative with your wardrobe.
This quote emphasizes the importance of individual expression through fashion, suggesting that personal identity should take precedence over societal expectations. Karl Lagerfeld encourages us to be inventive with our existing clothing instead of constantly seeking new items, inspiring creativity and self-acceptance in style choices.
In practice
This quote could be used during a fashion workshop to inspire participants to think creatively about their wardrobe.
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.
It's not about what it looks like in the studio or on the runway. It's what it looks like on a real person that matters.
I always wear what I'm comfortable in. If one designer doesn't like what I'm wearing, the next one will.
Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
The fashion industry has done itself in by neglecting the 60- to 80-year-old market. They have the time and the economic resources. They want to go shopping.
A well dressed man is a best accessory a woman can have
All it takes are a few simple outfits. And there's one secret - The Simpler The Better
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