Karl Lagerfeld Quotes

We don't need fashion to survive, we just desire it so much.

Fashion is, after all, a form of escapism, and in fact people are buying more special things than ever, nowadays. They deny and deny themselves, and wait and wait, and then they get sick of it and spend to make themselves feel better.

You don't have to carry a designer bag that costs more than a car to look cool.

I had the notion that, OK, so now we have all of this wealth, we could buy not only one expensive car, we could buy all of them. As soon as you realize that you could buy all of them, then none of them are particularly interesting or satisfying.

I'm trying to forget how much that cost, but I just had to have them.

Most of the things we buy are wants. And we call them needs, but they're wants.

The media is convincing people that if you have that 'next thing,' that diamond, the right car, then you'd be happier.

A fabulous pair of shoes? I have to have willpower.

An object should elicit desire, and often it happens not because people need it but because they love it.

How many BMWs do you need? How many Rolex watches you gonna wear in your lifetime, for crying out loud? What is it about that kind of desire? I don't understand it.

That's a thing you most look forward to as a kid. The newest clothes or the newest shoes. Definitely getting the newest shoes and bragging to your friends about it.

I spend a lot of money on shoes and barely any on clothes.

Do I care about clothes and stuff? Not much. It's a bit sick, isn't it, people spending all that money on clothes? I'm too stingy. I wouldn't pay £100 for a shirt.

We always want more. Whether it is better clothes, a bigger house, faster cars, or the latest gadgets, satisfaction in these days of consumerism is difficult to find.

Egoism... is not eliminated by economic reorganization or by material abundance. When basic needs are satisfied, new 'needs' emerge. In our society, people want no simply clothes, but fashionable clothes; not shelter, but a house to display their wealth and taste.

If there is one thing that is foreign to me it is shopping for pleasure. On the other hand, I believe that it is right to honor all those who create beautiful things and give satisfaction to those who see me wearing them.

I love reading fashion magazines, buying handbags, the usual things - but when you're in the moment and focusing on setting up the car, how you look is so irrelevant.

I get bored of carrying the same bag often. So, I end up buying more.

I'm not a materialistic person at all, but I always want the next thing; I've got a nice toolbox, but I still want another set of spanners.

On 'Sex and The City', when Carrie talked about money problems, I would always think, 'Sell your shoes!'

We're all weirdly single, middle-aged women with too much money who look to fill the void with too much shopping.

The way I was raised, you get a new pair of sneakers when the old one gets messed up. But when I got to high school, I started dating girls and trying to fit in, and I realized everybody was collecting Jordans. When I would get my paychecks, I wouldn't even take money. I would just trade them for sneakers.

Now that we have everything we need, we discover that there is almost nothing that we have that we want

No matter what, I always have expensive designer shoes. It's all about the shoes for me.

Wonderful, I like cars, too, I like all the great things you can buy in a department store. But when you have to buy them in order to stay unaware, comatose, then the price you pay is too high.