I do speak Mandarin, and I also relate to the hunger that China has for culture and architecture and style.
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More Vera Wang Quotes
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Fashion to me has become very disposable; I wanted to get back to craft, to clothes that could last.
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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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All I did my first year at Vogue was Xerox.
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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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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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I like the gritty parts of fashion, the design, the studio, the pictures.
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All 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.
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The funny thing is that I’m the girl who no one sees at the beach. Ask anyone who’s traveled with me. Normally, I’m in so many layers, I look like Lawrence of Arabia!
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To me, eyewear goes way beyond being a prescription. It’s like makeup. It’s the most incredible accessory. The shape of a frame or the color of lenses can change your whole appearance.
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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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It’s hard to balance everything. It’s always challenging.
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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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It’s a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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