Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.
VERA WANGAll those years of skating and dancing have carried over. I can’t design anything without thinking of how a woman’s body will look and move when she’s wearing it.
More Vera Wang Quotes
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I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.
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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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Let’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.
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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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The key is falling in love with something, anything. If your heart’s attached to it, then your mind will be attached to it.
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I see myself as an arbiter of taste.
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Brides today are increasingly sensitive to the tastes, feelings and finances of their attendants.
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Success isn’t about the end result; it’s about what you learn along the way.
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I was stigmatized by being a bridal designer for a long time. I am amazed I have been able to move beyond it. I had really all but given up trying, but I did it because it was my lifelong dream.
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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 wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It’s a metaphor for women’s lives, their creativity.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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I was the girl who nobody thought would ever get married. I was going to be a fashion nun the rest of my life. There are generations of them, those fashion nuns, living, eating, breathing clothes.
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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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I make things of my own that aren’t that glam, but I’m not known for that, which has always been a bit of a frustration for me.
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