was all about , even if it was not about such a large choice of things ... I pushed -LSB- Coco Chanel 's -RSB- symbol , like the change of pearls , in a way much more than she did herself . I could play with everything and mix it with everything that 's going on in fashion because fashion is about that . It 's not retrospective , it has to be something you want to wear now , '' he said . As for the notoriously harsh world of fashion , Lagerfeld sees it merely as a reflection of the way the world works . `` This is a world with no pity or that you can complain , ' I could n't do it because things are against me . ' No , things are against nobody , if you have something to offer , or if you can be something , '' he said . `` If you want to be successful in the fashion world , as well as the movie world and music world , it 's something else that you need , but you can not decide that you have it . It
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- He is perhaps the most recognizable man in fashion , almost never seen without his dark glasses , a silver ponytail and fingerless gloves . And while the German-born fashion designer has been the creative force behind fashion house Chanel for more than a quarter of a century , he 's still thriving on new ideas , designs and what the future may hold . `` I do n't look back ... Life is not something made by order , we have to fit in the pattern of what life is all about now , and I 'm a person who fits easily into this kind of situation because I like change , '' he told CNN in Shanghai . While his own image is enduring , he is the creative force of the Chanel fashion house , whose eponymous designer , Coco Chanel created some of the most iconic outfits of the 20th century . He may have upset the traditionalists when he first took over the reins , but for the forward-thinking Lagerfeld , it was not a concern . `` My job is to put in people 's brain the idea what Chanel