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.
VERA WANGA woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
More Vera Wang Quotes
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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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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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I see myself as an arbiter of taste.
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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’ve always tried to push myself technically and to push myself visually. That’s been part of the journey.
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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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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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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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The intricate engraving, fine lines, beading and milgrain accents echo an era defined by elaborate embellishments.
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I like the gritty parts of fashion, the design, the studio, the pictures.
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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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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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People get very trapped where they are. When they hear “fashion” they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it’s so elitist. If you can bring your own concept or your viewpoint and translate it not down but out, then you’re really successful in the truest sense.
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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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I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.
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