Karl Lagerfeld Quotes

I love black because it affirms, designs and styles. A woman in a black dress is a pencil stroke.

A little black dress is something to rely on. To fill you with confidence and ease. To have an attitude that is pure and effortless, yet sexy and classy.

The zenith of elegance in any woman's wardrobe is the little black dress, the power of which suggests dash and refinement.

Heels are a must. The higher the better. And when in doubt, go with black.

I love a white shirt; there's nothing sexier on a woman than a white men's shirt.

Formal is formal. I can't wear sneakers all the time. Sometimes, I wear other shoes. It's not my challenge designing formal - it's so boring - but it's still important. I sell a lot of classic black sneakers made from every material because everyone loves black, and if you mix and match material, you get an opera.

I was much more interested by clothes when I was younger. I'm about being discreet. What they call the French touch, whatever that means. Low profile and somehow elegant without being flashy.

Dresses that are truly beautiful are never unfashionable.

Simplicity, good taste and grooming are the three fundamentals of good dressing and these do not cost money.

One should always dress like a marble column.

Scheherezade is easy; a little black dress is difficult.

For a woman, le smoking is an indispensable garment with which she finds herself continually in fashion, because it is about style, not fashion. Fashions come and go, but style is forever.

I live for any excuse to 'dress for the occasion.'

I always think the great thing about shirting is that it goes with jeans, and jeans are probably the most modern, functional garment that ever existed. That is what is so great about shirting - it is an up-play-down-play.

A well-fitted suit is something that never goes wrong.

Black makes your life so much simpler. Everything matches black, especially black.

No one had a better sense of luxury than Coco Chanel, She really had the spirit of the 20th Century.

I love the silhouettes of the '50s that were feminine and womanly without being too revealing. I've always gravitated towards that kind of sense of style and fashion.

One can never go wrong with a crisp white shirt to dress up any look. Styled with rolled sleeves and a front tuck creating a chic look for day and night.

I'm a firm believe that a man looks his best in a suit and I feel like in the late 40's people just dressed up to do everything.

The coat of the buffalo never pinches under the arm, never puckers at the shoulders; it is always the same, yet never old fashioned nor out of date.

The white blouse can be light and floating, impeccable and austere, sumptuous and all-enveloping, tight and close-fitting. It rises up to frame the face. It sculpts the body by transforming itself into a second skin. Imputed with glamour and poetry, freedom and impetuousness, the prim white shirt turns out to have a thousand identities.

For me, style is about quality, integrity and timelessness. It is free of trends but always feels fresh and new.

Every man should own a navy cashmere jacket with gold buttons, a grey suit, black shoes shoes for the city, brown shoes for elsewhere. Everything else should be simple and really well made.

A well-cut dress is my personal style. I definitely like it classic; less is more. The thing I despise most is vulgarity.