Quotes

Catherine Princess of Wales has a nice silhouette and she is the right girl for that boy (Prince William of Wales). I like that kind of woman, I like romantic beauties. On the other hand, her sister (Pippa Middleton) struggles. I don't like the sister's face. She should only show her back.

[on Meryl Streep after she rejected the Chanel dress made for her to wear at the Oscars] After we gift her a dress that's 100,000 Euros [$105,000], we found later we had to pay [for her to wear it]. We give them dresses, we make the dresses, but we don't pay. (...) She could keep the [rejected] dress because of the size. It's couture. It's perfect for her. (...) A genius actress, but cheapness also, no? [Feb. 23, 2017]

I'm very much down to earth, just not this earth.

I am puritan at heart, very much so - probably a self-preservation instinct or something like that. I'm hopelessly strait-laced. I've never drunk alcohol or smoked or took drugs. I've always been a bit of an outsider. That's why it's been easier for me to survive than for some others.

I'm a kind of fashion nymphomaniac who never gets an orgasm.

Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.

Heidi Klum is simply too heavy and has too big a bust.

This Heidi Klum who I don't know. Claudia [Claudia Schiffer] doesn't know her either. She has never been in Paris, we don't know her, that one.

[speaking about plus-sized models on the catwalk] No one wants to see curvy women.

[asked about women who object to thin models] They are fat mummies sitting with their bags of crisps in front of the television, saying that thin models are ugly.

[Adele is] a little too fat. [Comment: Lagerfeld later said his remarks had been taken out of context, and were actually in relation to US singer Lana Del Rey.]

[on Alek Wek] It's important to have her because the world is not only blonde.

In times of crisis, intelligent people are looking for solutions, and stupid people are looking for someone to blame.