Showing posts with label quotes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quotes. Show all posts
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Coco means business.
“I don’t understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little - if only out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe that’s the day she has a date with destiny. And it’s best to be as pretty as possible for destiny.” - Coco Chanel
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
Labor Day Thought
" One of the symptoms of approaching nervous breakdowns is the belief that one's work is terribly important. If I were a medical man, I would prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his work important"
by philosopher Bertrand Russell
by philosopher Bertrand Russell
Friday, September 4, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
Woman of the Day: Audrey Hepburn
From the one and only Audrey Hepburn:
“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”
“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”
Friday, February 6, 2009
Cool Karl
Found this surfing the Internet.
Made me laugh.
I collected some of Karl's Quotes,
he is so funny and accurate.
In response to being asked why he never photographs his models completely nude:
"My work is concerned with a more poetic version of reality. I am no urologist.
The best idea is always very basic and very stupid.
I'm not blind. I see everything. I'm over-informed. I read every magazine. So.. it's normal. I mean, I don't live in an Ivory Tower. I'm invisible but I'm informed.I don't have to make an effort you know. HOW DO YOU BREATHE? Do you think about breathing? Ehh.. it's the same thing you know. My job... is wanting to be informed, keeping informed. It's like breathing."
Elegance has nothing to do with fashion.
I am made of total egoism.
Sunglasses are like eyeshadow. They make everything look younger and prettier.
I avoid thinking. I want to have an easy life without problems.
And most recently, when asked to clarify the debate surrounding his real age, the style icon responded: "You will have to wait for my memoirs to be published before you find it out my true age."
You can not take yourself too seriously.
I am basically the most superficial person in the world.
Gratitude is a sticky feeling.
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 - to be born short. I have never been friends with a short man in my life. Don't trust them; they are mean, and they want to kill you." - Karl Lagerfeld in Vogue UK
Fashion designers are dictators of taste.
Coming out after a show is good discipline for me because I have to watch out that I don't look like an old garden gnome next to all these 20-year-old models
Yes, some people say to me you're too skinny, but never a skinny person says that to me, only people who could lose a few pounds say that.
Loneliness is the high point of luxury for me. I need time to myself, otherwise I would not be who I am.
I hate the word 'cheap'.
People are cheap.
Clothing is either expensive or inexpensive.
Luxury is for the rich, not the nouveau riche.
Beauty is also submitted to the taste of time, so a beautiful woman from the Belle Epoch is not exactly the perfect beauty of today, so beauty is something that changes with time.
No, I'm not a French designer either.
I'm from nowhere.
I'm a European, old European is all I am.
My mother always used to say, “Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.
I don't like standard beauty - there is no beauty without strangeness.
Love is a subject I don’t analyze publicly. Love is only an interesting subject when it’s beyond. When it’s down to earth it ceases to become interesting. It’s a very dangerous subject. I’ve had so many tragedies in life, it’s hard to discuss the subject.
Sometimes, to be inspired by things or places, it’s better not to go there. You have to imagine. I imagine the world from my window. I am not a traveler. I hate it. I never look at my watch. The good thing about private jets is that you go whenever you’re ready. That’s the real luxury of today. In all my contracts it says, if you want me, send a private jet.
Also I cannot go on airlines because people stare at me, you have to be touched by people. I hate that…I hate bespoke because I hate to be touched by strangers. It bores me to death.
In France there are a large percentage of young girls who are overweight and less than one percent are skinny. So let’s talk about the 25 percent who have a weight problem, or are overweight. We don’t need to discuss the less than one percent. Anorexia is nothing to do with fashion. These Russian girls are so young. Chinese ones are skinny, too, and bony. I don’t think it’s a subject to discuss. And in today’s world, many people take drugs, not only models, hmm? It’s an unnecessary subject. Let’s talk about the fat ones.
I’m a computer by myself. I have a memory also for unnecessary things.
Telephone numbers are a problem, but historical details are not.
Only the minute and the future are interesting in fashion -- it exists to be destroyed. If everybody did everything with respect, you'd go nowhere.
I never smoked. I never drank and I never took drugs. The funny thing is, nothing is more boring, people like this. For me, it's OK. But most of my friends, at least they smoke and drink.
And finally:
I'm sorry. What I say is only applicable as I am saying it.
Made me laugh.
I collected some of Karl's Quotes,
he is so funny and accurate.
In response to being asked why he never photographs his models completely nude:
"My work is concerned with a more poetic version of reality. I am no urologist.
The best idea is always very basic and very stupid.
I'm not blind. I see everything. I'm over-informed. I read every magazine. So.. it's normal. I mean, I don't live in an Ivory Tower. I'm invisible but I'm informed.I don't have to make an effort you know. HOW DO YOU BREATHE? Do you think about breathing? Ehh.. it's the same thing you know. My job... is wanting to be informed, keeping informed. It's like breathing."
Elegance has nothing to do with fashion.
I am made of total egoism.
Sunglasses are like eyeshadow. They make everything look younger and prettier.
I avoid thinking. I want to have an easy life without problems.
And most recently, when asked to clarify the debate surrounding his real age, the style icon responded: "You will have to wait for my memoirs to be published before you find it out my true age."
You can not take yourself too seriously.
I am basically the most superficial person in the world.
Gratitude is a sticky feeling.
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 - to be born short. I have never been friends with a short man in my life. Don't trust them; they are mean, and they want to kill you." - Karl Lagerfeld in Vogue UK
Fashion designers are dictators of taste.
Coming out after a show is good discipline for me because I have to watch out that I don't look like an old garden gnome next to all these 20-year-old models
Yes, some people say to me you're too skinny, but never a skinny person says that to me, only people who could lose a few pounds say that.
Loneliness is the high point of luxury for me. I need time to myself, otherwise I would not be who I am.
I hate the word 'cheap'.
People are cheap.
Clothing is either expensive or inexpensive.
Luxury is for the rich, not the nouveau riche.
Beauty is also submitted to the taste of time, so a beautiful woman from the Belle Epoch is not exactly the perfect beauty of today, so beauty is something that changes with time.
No, I'm not a French designer either.
I'm from nowhere.
I'm a European, old European is all I am.
My mother always used to say, “Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.
I don't like standard beauty - there is no beauty without strangeness.
Love is a subject I don’t analyze publicly. Love is only an interesting subject when it’s beyond. When it’s down to earth it ceases to become interesting. It’s a very dangerous subject. I’ve had so many tragedies in life, it’s hard to discuss the subject.
Sometimes, to be inspired by things or places, it’s better not to go there. You have to imagine. I imagine the world from my window. I am not a traveler. I hate it. I never look at my watch. The good thing about private jets is that you go whenever you’re ready. That’s the real luxury of today. In all my contracts it says, if you want me, send a private jet.
Also I cannot go on airlines because people stare at me, you have to be touched by people. I hate that…I hate bespoke because I hate to be touched by strangers. It bores me to death.
In France there are a large percentage of young girls who are overweight and less than one percent are skinny. So let’s talk about the 25 percent who have a weight problem, or are overweight. We don’t need to discuss the less than one percent. Anorexia is nothing to do with fashion. These Russian girls are so young. Chinese ones are skinny, too, and bony. I don’t think it’s a subject to discuss. And in today’s world, many people take drugs, not only models, hmm? It’s an unnecessary subject. Let’s talk about the fat ones.
I’m a computer by myself. I have a memory also for unnecessary things.
Telephone numbers are a problem, but historical details are not.
Only the minute and the future are interesting in fashion -- it exists to be destroyed. If everybody did everything with respect, you'd go nowhere.
I never smoked. I never drank and I never took drugs. The funny thing is, nothing is more boring, people like this. For me, it's OK. But most of my friends, at least they smoke and drink.
And finally:
I'm sorry. What I say is only applicable as I am saying it.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Model Quotes
"At school I got harassed so badly for being too tall, too thin, too pale - too everything that has gotten me where I am now, which is quite ironic." -Karen Elson
by Lara Stone
"My bra size differs a lot. The bra I'm wearing is a 34C but the other day I had to buy an E cup! I don't know what happened..."
" Everyday my mum looks at style.com and fashionspot.com to see my pictures.The first time she saw me naked she sent this whole long big email, that was sooo sweet. She had seen the pictures from Purple by Inez and Vinoodh of me, butt naked, stood in the studio. She was like 'Lara, if you don't want to do this, you can just say no, you can always move back home with us'. She's so sweet."
"Now every time I go to the dentist they always say, 'you really need to fix that gap of yours' I'm like, 'my gap is paying your dentist bills...'"
"I hate catwalk because 1) I'm not very good at it, 2) I'm always scared sh*tless and 3) . . . I suck at it. I cannot walk in heels. At all. I'm always completely terrified I'm going to fall over, which I did three times my first season. I fell over in London, Milan and in Paris. I had a Chanel fitting that afternoon and it was really embarrassing. I was like, 'Sorry Karl [Lagerfeld]', he didn't have a clue what I was talking about!"
"Why would I want older men for their money? I can afford to pay my own rent!"
"it used to be whiskey for a very long time but I kept having blackouts so I switched, but I can't dance and I don't have any sense of rhythm or balance"
"My mother tells me of when I was 10 or 11 and I would wear really tight, short skirts and crop tops. All the local men would wolf whistle and stop and stare, but I didn't realise why at the time."
"Everyone should have enough money to get plastic surgery." - Beverly Johnson, talking about poverty.
"My husband was just OK looking. I was in labor and I said to him, 'What if she's ugly? You're ugly.'" - Beverly Johnson
"I was the world's first supermodel, and Tyra and all the other models owe me at least a Christmas card every year because I broke down the ethnic barrier to begin with." -Janice Dickinson
"I don't get out of bed for less then 10,000 a day" -Linda Evangelista
"Now I get out of bed for a much better reason. I'm part of a team that raises millions of dollars and raises awareness of HIV and Aids all over the world." -Linda Evangelista
"I never diet. I smoke. I drink now and then. I never work out. I work very hard, and I am worth every cent." -Naomi Campbell
"The people with the best style for me are the people that are the poorest. Like, when I go down to Venice beach and I see the homeless, like, I'm like, 'Oh my God, they're pulling out, like, crazy looks and they, like, pulled out of like garbage cans.'" Erin Wasson
"You can't be a model at age 60, but you certainly can be an actress." -Eva Herzigova
"When I model I pretty much go blank. You can't think too much or it doesn't work." -Paulina Porizkova
"I felt that was huge prejudice. That was a black girl at the time, Beverly Johnson, and they made her feel like she was in competition with me." -Iman on racism
"You know they're like Superheros." -Tyson Beckford on the supermodel era
"I have done it. I have everything I want. I have made enough money to secure my family and that is all I care about." -Natalia Vodianova
"All my doctors said I should become a model." -Niki Taylor (this one is the best one!! hahah)
"It's harder than you think it is ... It's a lot of long hours, a lot of traveling and a lot of being away from your friends and family." Heather Marks
"I never really cared about what I looked like." -Gemma Ward
"It was God who made me so beautiful. If I weren't, then I'd be a teacher. -Linda Evangelista
"I got tired of feeling like Dracula. I wanted to see some daylight, and not just at six o'clock in the morning." -Kate Moss
"Mick Jagger and I just really liked each other a lot. We talked all night. We had the same views on nuclear disarmament." — Jerry Hall
"Richard doesn't really like me to kill bugs, but sometimes I can't help it." — Cindy Crawford
"I just found out that I'm one inch taller than I thought." — Christie Brinkley
"It's very important to have the right clothing to exercise in. If you throw on an old T-shirt or sweats, it's not inspiring for your workout." — Cheryl Tiegs
"The worst was when my skirt fell down to my ankles — but I had on thick tights underneath." — Naomi Campbell
"Now every model wants to be an actress"-Christy Turlington
Claudia Schiffer
"I've looked in the mirror every day for 20 years. It's the same face."
“The difference between the girls today and models of the past is that we are not only interested in fashion: we are going in so many different directions at once. We work harder -- at night and on weekends. [On the modeling profession].”
"When I was little, I hated having my photo taken. If I was asked to smile on demand I just wanted to disappear."
"It's something I decided from the very beginning I would never do - nudity."
“I actually don't meet very many men because they are, I guess, afraid to approach me or think that I'm from another planet.”
"I think, If my butt's not too big for them to be photographing it, then it shouldn't be too big for me." — Christy Turlington
"I can do anything you want me to do so long as I don't have to speak." -Linda Evangelista
"I'd rather go naked than wear fur." -Christy Turlington
"You are by yourself for the best years of your life. You sleep in airports. If it doesn't kill you it makes you strong."-Helena Christensen
"I would rather exercise than read a newspaper." -Kim Alexis
"I would compete in unicorn back riding! Why? Because we are from the same fairytale." -Sasha Pivovarova
"I hate to say this... I think I grew up." Irina Lazareanu
"I tried on 250 bathing suits in one afternoon and ended up having little scabs up and down my thighs, probably from some of those with sequins all over them." — Cindy Crawford
"You can usually tell when I'm happy by the fact that I've gained weight." — Christy Turlington
"I wish the word supermodel would just fall off the face of the earth. Anyone can be a supermodel now." -Amber Valletta
"We don't vogue. We are vogue"-Linda Evangelista(1990) on the Trinity (her,Naomi & Christy)
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"The main reason we do fashion shows, is so we can see each other"-Naomi Campbell (1990) on her & her Super friends.
"It's harder than you think it is ... It's a lot of long hours, a lot of traveling and a lot of being away from your friends and family."- Heather Marks on modeling
"I never really cared about what I looked like." -Gemma Ward on her looks
"It's kind of like acting. Today you're a romantic woman; you think about "Romeo and Juliet." Another day, you're a little devil." -Izabel Goulart on modeling
"With modeling, you are judged on your looks. It's easy to take that personally, but you have to realise that it's only your appearance that's being judged, not you as a whole. If you didn't, you'd be destroyed." -Jessica Stam on modeling
"Honestly, I wish I could've lived in their time. They had so much fun." -Liya Kebede on the supermodel era
"I haven't seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven't seen anything. I don't really care." - Tyra Banks
"I don't know what to do with my arms. It just makes me feel weird and I feel like people are looking at me and that makes me nervous." -Tyra Banks
"Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies. Black men love big butts." -Tyra Banks
"I'm still too fat for Dior."-Mat Gordon
"I love the confidence that makeup gives me." -Tyra Banks
"I wish my butt did not go sideways, but I guess I have to face that." - Christie Brinkley
"Once a Supermodel, always a Supermodel." -Beverly Johnson
"Modeling is about illusion. It's a fantasy world where models play various roles. By featuring extreme looks, magazines show women how to have fun with makeup and clothes, and to inspire them to experiment - just like we did when we were little girls." -Cindy Crawford
"I am not yet comfortable with the media. I'm afraid of the unknown. I'm shy and am trying to overcome my fears." -Veronica Varekova
"I remember the moment when I looked at a newsstand and stared at myself on a cover for the first time. Weird!" -Frederique van der Wal
"They are about taking something that's going on in here [the heart] and projecting it out. In fashion, the clothes are like the script." -Shalom Harlow
"But some people don't appreciate my bossiness."-Cindy Crawford
"Before, being a model, it was just a job, and I was making fun of it. But today, I take my career more seriously. The fact that a reader may buy an Armani item because she'd seen it on me in a magazine is very important to me. So much so that I intend to launch my own label." -Milla Jovovich
by Lara Stone
"My bra size differs a lot. The bra I'm wearing is a 34C but the other day I had to buy an E cup! I don't know what happened..."
" Everyday my mum looks at style.com and fashionspot.com to see my pictures.The first time she saw me naked she sent this whole long big email, that was sooo sweet. She had seen the pictures from Purple by Inez and Vinoodh of me, butt naked, stood in the studio. She was like 'Lara, if you don't want to do this, you can just say no, you can always move back home with us'. She's so sweet."
"Now every time I go to the dentist they always say, 'you really need to fix that gap of yours' I'm like, 'my gap is paying your dentist bills...'"
"I hate catwalk because 1) I'm not very good at it, 2) I'm always scared sh*tless and 3) . . . I suck at it. I cannot walk in heels. At all. I'm always completely terrified I'm going to fall over, which I did three times my first season. I fell over in London, Milan and in Paris. I had a Chanel fitting that afternoon and it was really embarrassing. I was like, 'Sorry Karl [Lagerfeld]', he didn't have a clue what I was talking about!"
"Why would I want older men for their money? I can afford to pay my own rent!"
"it used to be whiskey for a very long time but I kept having blackouts so I switched, but I can't dance and I don't have any sense of rhythm or balance"
"My mother tells me of when I was 10 or 11 and I would wear really tight, short skirts and crop tops. All the local men would wolf whistle and stop and stare, but I didn't realise why at the time."
"Everyone should have enough money to get plastic surgery." - Beverly Johnson, talking about poverty.
"My husband was just OK looking. I was in labor and I said to him, 'What if she's ugly? You're ugly.'" - Beverly Johnson
"I was the world's first supermodel, and Tyra and all the other models owe me at least a Christmas card every year because I broke down the ethnic barrier to begin with." -Janice Dickinson
"I don't get out of bed for less then 10,000 a day" -Linda Evangelista
"Now I get out of bed for a much better reason. I'm part of a team that raises millions of dollars and raises awareness of HIV and Aids all over the world." -Linda Evangelista
"I never diet. I smoke. I drink now and then. I never work out. I work very hard, and I am worth every cent." -Naomi Campbell
"The people with the best style for me are the people that are the poorest. Like, when I go down to Venice beach and I see the homeless, like, I'm like, 'Oh my God, they're pulling out, like, crazy looks and they, like, pulled out of like garbage cans.'" Erin Wasson
"You can't be a model at age 60, but you certainly can be an actress." -Eva Herzigova
"When I model I pretty much go blank. You can't think too much or it doesn't work." -Paulina Porizkova
"I felt that was huge prejudice. That was a black girl at the time, Beverly Johnson, and they made her feel like she was in competition with me." -Iman on racism
"You know they're like Superheros." -Tyson Beckford on the supermodel era
"I have done it. I have everything I want. I have made enough money to secure my family and that is all I care about." -Natalia Vodianova
"All my doctors said I should become a model." -Niki Taylor (this one is the best one!! hahah)
"It's harder than you think it is ... It's a lot of long hours, a lot of traveling and a lot of being away from your friends and family." Heather Marks
"I never really cared about what I looked like." -Gemma Ward
"It was God who made me so beautiful. If I weren't, then I'd be a teacher. -Linda Evangelista
"I got tired of feeling like Dracula. I wanted to see some daylight, and not just at six o'clock in the morning." -Kate Moss
"Mick Jagger and I just really liked each other a lot. We talked all night. We had the same views on nuclear disarmament." — Jerry Hall
"Richard doesn't really like me to kill bugs, but sometimes I can't help it." — Cindy Crawford
"I just found out that I'm one inch taller than I thought." — Christie Brinkley
"It's very important to have the right clothing to exercise in. If you throw on an old T-shirt or sweats, it's not inspiring for your workout." — Cheryl Tiegs
"The worst was when my skirt fell down to my ankles — but I had on thick tights underneath." — Naomi Campbell
"Now every model wants to be an actress"-Christy Turlington
Claudia Schiffer
"I've looked in the mirror every day for 20 years. It's the same face."
“The difference between the girls today and models of the past is that we are not only interested in fashion: we are going in so many different directions at once. We work harder -- at night and on weekends. [On the modeling profession].”
"When I was little, I hated having my photo taken. If I was asked to smile on demand I just wanted to disappear."
"It's something I decided from the very beginning I would never do - nudity."
“I actually don't meet very many men because they are, I guess, afraid to approach me or think that I'm from another planet.”
"I think, If my butt's not too big for them to be photographing it, then it shouldn't be too big for me." — Christy Turlington
"I can do anything you want me to do so long as I don't have to speak." -Linda Evangelista
"I'd rather go naked than wear fur." -Christy Turlington
"You are by yourself for the best years of your life. You sleep in airports. If it doesn't kill you it makes you strong."-Helena Christensen
"I would rather exercise than read a newspaper." -Kim Alexis
"I would compete in unicorn back riding! Why? Because we are from the same fairytale." -Sasha Pivovarova
"I hate to say this... I think I grew up." Irina Lazareanu
"I tried on 250 bathing suits in one afternoon and ended up having little scabs up and down my thighs, probably from some of those with sequins all over them." — Cindy Crawford
"You can usually tell when I'm happy by the fact that I've gained weight." — Christy Turlington
"I wish the word supermodel would just fall off the face of the earth. Anyone can be a supermodel now." -Amber Valletta
"We don't vogue. We are vogue"-Linda Evangelista(1990) on the Trinity (her,Naomi & Christy)
.
"The main reason we do fashion shows, is so we can see each other"-Naomi Campbell (1990) on her & her Super friends.
"It's harder than you think it is ... It's a lot of long hours, a lot of traveling and a lot of being away from your friends and family."- Heather Marks on modeling
"I never really cared about what I looked like." -Gemma Ward on her looks
"It's kind of like acting. Today you're a romantic woman; you think about "Romeo and Juliet." Another day, you're a little devil." -Izabel Goulart on modeling
"With modeling, you are judged on your looks. It's easy to take that personally, but you have to realise that it's only your appearance that's being judged, not you as a whole. If you didn't, you'd be destroyed." -Jessica Stam on modeling
"Honestly, I wish I could've lived in their time. They had so much fun." -Liya Kebede on the supermodel era
"I haven't seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven't seen anything. I don't really care." - Tyra Banks
"I don't know what to do with my arms. It just makes me feel weird and I feel like people are looking at me and that makes me nervous." -Tyra Banks
"Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies. Black men love big butts." -Tyra Banks
"I'm still too fat for Dior."-Mat Gordon
"I love the confidence that makeup gives me." -Tyra Banks
"I wish my butt did not go sideways, but I guess I have to face that." - Christie Brinkley
"Once a Supermodel, always a Supermodel." -Beverly Johnson
"Modeling is about illusion. It's a fantasy world where models play various roles. By featuring extreme looks, magazines show women how to have fun with makeup and clothes, and to inspire them to experiment - just like we did when we were little girls." -Cindy Crawford
"I am not yet comfortable with the media. I'm afraid of the unknown. I'm shy and am trying to overcome my fears." -Veronica Varekova
"I remember the moment when I looked at a newsstand and stared at myself on a cover for the first time. Weird!" -Frederique van der Wal
"They are about taking something that's going on in here [the heart] and projecting it out. In fashion, the clothes are like the script." -Shalom Harlow
"But some people don't appreciate my bossiness."-Cindy Crawford
"Before, being a model, it was just a job, and I was making fun of it. But today, I take my career more seriously. The fact that a reader may buy an Armani item because she'd seen it on me in a magazine is very important to me. So much so that I intend to launch my own label." -Milla Jovovich
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