I was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a big lesson in my life. My mother expected both.
VERA WANGIt takes tremendous will to compete in any athletic endeavor, so it meant going to bed early and getting my homework done in advance. I had to sacrifice things, like a social life, to be a skater at 15. But I loved skating so much that it was worth everything to me.
More Vera Wang Quotes
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Brides today are increasingly sensitive to the tastes, feelings and finances of their attendants.
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In the dream world of Matisse and the gritty reality of American frontier, the diversity of women in our society offers the chance for greater exploration and even greater inspiration.
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Ready-to-wear is what I’ve wanted to do since the beginning. I’m not a girl who spends my life in a ballgown
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I see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules.
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As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don’t ever want to lose that.
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In the end, it’s not about failure, it’s about how much you love what you do.
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Design is about point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in one’s head as a designer.
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I always see where I didn’t do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That’s a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.
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When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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I’m only waiting for Lindsay Lohan’s fashion collection to come out. Ten years from now, there may be no real designers left.
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The way a dancer can bring the crowd to its feet with a drawn-out, well-executed pirouette is the excitement I wanted to capture with this design.
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I was a total fashion insider who became an outsider when I did bridal.
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When I design a wedding dress with a bustle, it has to be one the bride can dance in. I love the idea that something is practical and still looks great.
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I do speak Mandarin, and I also relate to the hunger that China has for culture and architecture and style.
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