Karl Lagerfeld Quotes

There is no need for fur - since there are compassionate alternatives.

[Fur] is really ridiculous. It's outrageous. We're not living in igloos. We don't need to trade pelts anymore. There is this diabolical idea that fur is fashionable. It's not. It's death. There's no excuse for it.

In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.

I am very sad that some designers are still using real fur when the fake alternatives are so effective and so easily obtainable.

Fashion is supposed to be fun, but killing animals for fashion is definitely not fun.

Fur is not murder, but it is quite expensive.

How can you live the high life if you do not wear the high heels?

It's easy to take the shortcut and use animal skins. But I think animal skins look tired. They're not very innovative. They're old-fashioned. And great fashion should be something new.

50s cheesecake meets Eskimo fake fur.

I like fashion, whether or not it's overpriced, because it creates a sense of the sublime with relatively few means.

Chanel all the way! Just because not only do they have timeless pieces, but since it is the epitome of class and elegance.

I'll never forget my first fur. It was a modest little stole. Modest? People thought I was wearing anchovies.

I got a fur shawl once. I was so disgusted! And I couldn't re-gift it. I don't know anyone who'd want fur.

We don't live the lives of Eskimos. We don't need to kill animals for fashion.

You don't have to wear fur. They make such great fakes. There's no reason to kill an animal.

You can get fake fur, which, if that's what you want - if you want that fur look - it looks just the same. It's really unnecessary to skin an animal when you can get something that looks just the same without hurting anything.

Shoes for men are about elegance or wealth, they are not playing with the inner character. That is why women are happy to wear painful shoes.

A Tom Ford three-piece makes you feel so confident, it's bananas.

I own some Victoria Beckham dresses; they make me feel great.

For me there ain't no high heel high enough.

I was born in high heels and I've worn them ever since.

I pretty much only wear high heels.

I don't think a living being should suffer for the sake of fashion, period. End of story. You don't have to kill an animal just because you want to be hot and fly. And I really stand by that.

Modern fake fur looks so much like real fur that the moment it leaves the atelier, no one can tell it's not the real thing. And I've struggled with that.

There is no article of men's clothing that can make a man look more like a douche than the ascot. There are, however, a few men who can pull it off. Context is everything.