What I've done, Coco Chanel would never have done. She would have hated it.
Interpretation
Karl Lagerfeld expresses his belief that his work diverges significantly from Coco Chanel's principles and style.
In this quote, Karl Lagerfeld acknowledges the stark contrast between his creative vision and that of Coco Chanel, one of fashion's most iconic figures. By stating that Chanel would have disapproved of his work, Lagerfeld emphasizes the evolution and divergent paths within the fashion industry, celebrating individuality and personal expression while recognizing the foundational influence of Chanel's legacy.
In practice
Using this quote in a speech about innovation in fashion to highlight the importance of personal style.
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.
I think it is a good thing to buy less and choose well - it's good for the environment and to be fair it's also good for me because my clothes are quite expensive.
Vogue always did stand for people's lives. I mean, a new dress doesn't get you anywhere; it's the life you're living in the dress, and the sort of life you had lived before, and what you will do in it later.
I'm giving curvy women a seat at a table that we've never been invited to before - a table with high-end fashion people who have never considered us beautiful.
It is the unseen, unforgettable, ultimate accessory of fashion that heralds your arrival and prolongs your departure.
Fashion today is available to everybody in a way that it's never been before: you've got every designer you've ever heard of working for H& or Target. That's fantastic.
The dress must follow the body of a woman, not the body following the shape of the dress.
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