Fashion to me has become very disposable; I wanted to get back to craft, to clothes that could last.
VERA WANGLet’s be realistic, how many people are buying a $2,000 skirt? I love to design things that people can actually buy. I’m staggered by what a boot costs today.
More Vera Wang Quotes
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It’s hard to juggle being a businessperson with being a creative person. You have to organize yourself – PR needs me for PR, and the licensing division needs me for licensing, the bridal people need me for 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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A bride should look at everything she possibly can…just so she can experiment and see what makes her really feel beautiful or glamorous or classical or whatever she desires to be on that particular day.
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They never ask the celebrities why they don’t wear their own clothes on the red carpet.
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I’ve always tried to push myself technically and to push myself visually. That’s been part of the journey.
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Even the most understated ceremony involves a certain respect for ritual and pageantry. No one plays more of a significant role than the bride’s attendants.
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When you love something, every day goes by in 10 minutes.
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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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Don’t be afraid to take time to learn. It’s good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.
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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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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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It’s a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years.
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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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I started at the very highest level so the upper end is something I know very well. I know it instinctively. But all the years I was designing, it frustrated me that I could reach so few women.
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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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