Karl Lagerfeld says his mother destroyed his childhood diary because it was stupid.
The creative director of Chanel said the experience had a profound effect on him, and was part of the reason he never thought about collections once they had been shown to the public.
"When I was very young, I kept a diary at my parents' house," Lagerfeld said.
"My mother always hated that house and sold it when my father died.
"She put all my things in storage, but when I asked her about the diary, she said, 'I destroyed it - you don't want everyone to know how stupid you are'.
"Perhaps she was right. It is not good to look back on life.
"As soon as a collection is shown, I am thinking about the next one. I am only interested in what I am doing, what I will do, not what I did."
Lagerfeld began working at Chanel in 1983, and his work with the brand has seen its profits grow and popularity soar among the Hollywood elite.
He said the French fashion house - which is favourite among stars including Keira Knightley, Audrey Tautou and Vanessa Hudgens - had become more successful because it was evolving more than it used to.
Lagerfeld said the fashion label's founder, Coco Chanel, was too set in her ways to embrace change.
"When I took over, people thought Chanel was passe. Coco didn't adapt to the cards of fashion," he said.
"When the miniskirt came in, she rejected it out of hand, saying that it was an impossible fashion. Yet everyone wanted one.
"If you don't adapt, the world goes on without you."
(Sept 15, 2009 Associated Press)
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