Service is a prerequisite for anything relating to luxury. That makes it (shopping) sensual and pleasurable.
VERA WANGIt’s hard to balance everything. It’s always challenging.
More Vera Wang Quotes
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All I did my first year at Vogue was Xerox.
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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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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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Figure skating has been a great influence for me. I took dance at the School of American Ballet, which helped my own skating. And whether you are a skater or a dancer, without sounding narcissistic, it is all about looking in the mirror.
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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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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 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 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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It’s a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years.
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I was struggling to find a way to make evening clothes more deconstructed. I like to think that I translated the Latin concept in a more modern way. I don’t think that I was that literal.
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Brides today are increasingly sensitive to the tastes, feelings and finances of their attendants.
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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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Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.
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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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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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