Ikonisk, excentrisk og top-selviscenesættende. Der er mange ord, at sætte på nu afdøde Karl Lagerfeld. Måske skal man bare sige: “Den største nogensinde i modebranchen”
Hans værker vil stå for evigt. Vi har samlet 10 citater af manden selv, som du giver lidt at tænke over ligemeget hvilken branche du hører til.
Karl Lagerfeld citater:
1975 – Om hans arbejdsrutiner:
“I am a sort of vampire, taking the blood of other people.”
1984 – Om Yves Saint Laurent:
“He is very middle-of-the-road French-very pied-noir, very provincial.”
1984 – Om følelsen efter et modeshow:
“I’m a kind of fashion nymphomaniac who never gets an orgasm.”
1997 – Om at leve alene:
“I live in a set, with the curtains of the stage closed with no audience – but who cares?”
2004 – Om sit samarbejde med H&M
“H&M is a kind of mayonnaise, either it tastes, or it doesn’t.”
2007 – Om indretning af ens hjem:
“The most important piece in the house is the garbage can.”
2007 – Om sit image:
“I am like a caricature of myself, and I like that. It is like a mask. And for me the Carnival of Venice lasts all year long.”
2010 – Om solbriller:
“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.”
2010 – Om telefoner:
“I send notes. I’m not a chambermaid whom you can ring at every moment. Today, you know, most people act like they work at a switchboard in a hotel.”
2014 – Om selfies:
“They are this horrible thing where you are distorted. The chin is too big, the head is too small. No, this is electronic masturbation.”
