Chanel
and Fendi designer Karl Lagerfeld already juggles many projects simultaneously,
but he says he often feels as though he is being lazy. He believes in always
pushing himself to improve and do more because he thinks there is always room
for improvement and he likes to challenge himself: ''I always think I am
lazy, I could do better, I could make an effort and stupid stuff like this. I
always have to kick my own ass because I think there is still something you
could improve, could make better.''
Karl,
who currently lives in an apartment in Paris, reveals that he will never build
a full modern home for himself because he has "no reason" to, simply
because he wouldn't visit it frequently enough. He explained: ''I will
never build a modern house because you have to build it somewhere that you go
often; if not, there is no reason, so I am afraid this I will not do.''
The
designer reveals that most people aren't aware of who has actually created the
clothing that they're purchasing, but he is an exception because his name is so
well known even outside of the fashion world: ''Apparently 95 percent of
people who buy certain brands don't even know who the designer is. Apparently I
am an exception, I was told." Karl doesn't like to get in to the
details of the design business and prefers to focus simply on the design
aspect. He finds the technical details too boring to get involved
with: ''I have never been questioned. I would be bored to death. Even
budgets, I don't discuss. Because, look, we spent fortunes on doing those shows
for Chanel, but it comes back 20 times on the Net, it's seen by billions of
people.''
