Karl Lagerfeld quotes: The Chanel designer's most epic one-liners
Fashion icon and Chanel head honcho, Karl Lagerfeld, has tragically passed away at the age of 85.
Karl Lagerfeld was known for his hilarious and often controversial one-liners, weighing in on everything from Pippa Middleton to Meryl Streep and tattoos.
In memory of the late and great designer, here are some of the most memorable Karl-isms...
PA PhotosOn making Meryl Streep's Oscars 2017 dress
“I made a sketch, and we started to make [her] dress. [Her camp then told us] 'Don’t continue the dress. We found somebody who will pay us.' After we gift her a dress that’s 100,000 euros, we found later we had to pay [for her to wear it]. We give them dresses, we make the dresses, but we don’t pay.
“A genius actress, but cheapness also, no?”
Meryl's reply said: "I do not take this lightly, and Mr Lagerfeld's generic 'statement' of regret for this 'controversy' was not an apology." Eek.
PA PhotosOn selfies
"I don't do selfies. But other people do, and they all want to do selfies with me. No, no, no," Lagerfeld told the New York Times. "We live in a world of selfies now... Thank God, Sébastien, my assistant, he's mean to the people in the street, mean and rude. I'm a nice person."
Rex FeaturesOn... discussing fashion with men
"There are not too many people with an opinion I care for. I'm not crazy to discuss fashion with men. I couldn't care less about their opinion," he said to the New York Times.
Rex FeaturesOn coco
"What I've done, Coco Chanel would never have done. She would have hated it."
Rex FeaturesOn tattoos
"I think tattoos are horrible. It's like living in a Pucci dress full-time"
Rex FeaturesOn Diet Coke
"I drink Diet Coke from the minute I get up to the minute I go to bed."
PA PhotosOn work
"Work is making a living out of being bored."
PA PhotosOn YSL
"He is very middle-of-the-road French-very pied-noir, very provincial."
PA PhotosOn Pippa Middleton
"Kate Middleton has a nice silhouette and she is the right girl for that boy. I like that kind of woman, I like romantic beauties. On the other hand, her sister struggles. I don't like the sister's face. She should only show her back."
PA PhotosOn short men
"Life is not a beauty contest, some [ugly people] are great. What I hate is nasty, ugly people... the worst is ugly, short men. Women can be short, but for men it is impossible. It is something that they will not forgive in life... they are mean and they want to kill you."
PA PhotosOn bedrooms
“If you see it you will think about everything except sex, because it is the unsexiest room ever. I love unsexy bedrooms.”
WENNOn women who object to thin models
"They are fat mummies sitting with their bags of crisps in front of the television, saying that thin models are ugly".
Rex FeaturesOn homewares
"The most important piece in the house is the garbage can."
PA PhotosOn Heidi Klum
"I don't know Heidi Klum. She was never known in France. Claudia Schiffer also doesn't know who she is."
PA PhotosOn smart women
"I remember a designer who said that intelligent women don't wear her dresses. Obviously, she went bankrupt."
Big PicturesOn sweatpants
"Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants."
Bigpicturesphoto.comOn fashion
"I am a kind of fashion nymphomaniac who never gets an orgasm."
PA PhotosOn weddings
"Normally, I don't recommend me for wedding dresses - they all get a divorce."
Rex FeaturesOn Michelle Obama
"I don't understand the change of hair. I adore Madame Obama, I love her. But there is a news reader at LCI which has this haircut... Frankly, this doesn't suit her. The fringe was a bad idea, it's not good."
GoRunwayOn emotions
"I have no human feelings."
Rex FeaturesOn his personality
"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."
Rex FeaturesOn being quotable
"Everything I say is a joke. I am a joke myself."
PA PhotosOn style
"Don't dress to kill, dress to survive."
