Buy what you don’t have yet, or what you really want, which can be mixed with what you already own. Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.
Interpretation
This quote encourages mindful purchasing based on passion and excitement rather than mere consumption.
Karl Lagerfeld emphasizes the importance of intentionality in our buying habits. He suggests that we should acquire items that genuinely excite us and resonate with what we already possess, rather than purchasing for the sake of shopping. This perspective encourages a thoughtful approach to consumption, focusing on personal fulfillment and joy instead of mindless expenditure.
In practice
During a discussion on sustainable fashion, you might reference this quote to highlight mindful purchasing habits.
I believe in sketching because there is something very sensitive in sketching, you know, in sketches that you don't have out of a computer that looks the same like everybody even if, later on, the dresses are OK, but I like to sketch, and I like to see trails made after my sketches that look the same. It is you know, what I like.
I'm open to everything. When you start to criticize the times you live in, your time is over.
If I could be reincarnated as a fashion accessory, it would be a shopping bag.
Chic is a kind of mayonnaise, either it tastes, or it doesn't.
Why should I stop working? If I do, I'll die and it'll all be finished. 'm lucky to work in the most perfect of conditions. I can do what I want in all kinds of areas. The expenses are not expenses. I would be stupid to stop that. Work is making a living out of being bored.
Elegance has nothing to do with fashion.
Every 10 years or so, there was a moment when I'd say, even subconsciously, 'Is that all there is?' You've got to find ways to keep it fresh for yourself.
I was bullied as a boy - lots of kids are, but hopefully most of us get on with our lives and grow up.
Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
On my tombstone they will carve, "IT NEVER GOT FAST ENOUGH FOR ME.
Exhaustion pays no mind to age or beauty. Like rain and earthquakes and hail and floods.
No one wants to live in a wheelchair unable to talk, only winking once for yes and twice for no. It's perfectly reasonable that there will come a point where the balance of judgment of life over death swings the other way.
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