One thing about skating that I don’t think people focus on enough is the music factor. The music is a huge component of figure skating. It can dictate not only the choreography but the emotion. If it’s not the right music it can ruin a performance.
VERA WANGMy mother was extremely controlled, sort of flawless. And I always tend to be a bit more hippie.
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I like the gritty parts of fashion, the design, the studio, the pictures.
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My closet is organized by tops, pants, and outerwear, but not a lot of dresses. Gowns are in another room because I don’t often dress formally, even though I design gowns. Like most designers, I have a uniform, and mine is a legging.
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I brought color to bridal. There was one whole season of blush. If you think about the bareness, the illusion (fabric), the corsets that I did in bridal, they were trends in ready-to-wear, too.
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I don’t live through my kids. But I do know what will happen in life, and I just want them well prepared.
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My mother was extremely controlled, sort of flawless. And I always tend to be a bit more hippie.
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I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.
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I do think I know more about clothes than any 500 designers, because there’s nothing like wearing them. You buy them, you study them, and you start to understand how they’re crafted.
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I am not the sort of woman who would wear high heels with a bathing suit. Let’s get that straight right now.
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I see myself as an arbiter of taste.
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Service is a prerequisite for anything relating to luxury. That makes it (shopping) sensual and pleasurable.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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Bridal is always about who you are as a person and as a woman and as a lover and as a mate. People always ask me how a woman can pick just one dress. And the funny thing is they always know.
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The intricate engraving, fine lines, beading and milgrain accents echo an era defined by elaborate embellishments.
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I hate phones. All businesses are personal businesses, and I always try my best to get back to people, but sometimes the barrage of calls is so enormous that if I just answered calls I would do nothing else.
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We got a lot of letters of people who didn’t like them, like my own family who thought they were unnecessary and unpleasant and taking advantage of women in a sad situation – I never saw that. And I think that sometimes, you have to take a risk.
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