It takes tremendous will to compete in any athletic endeavor, so it meant going to bed early and getting my homework done in advance. I had to sacrifice things, like a social life, to be a skater at 15. But I loved skating so much that it was worth everything to me.
VERA WANGBrides today are increasingly sensitive to the tastes, feelings and finances of their attendants.
More Vera Wang Quotes
-
-
I am not the sort of woman who would wear high heels with a bathing suit. Let’s get that straight right now.
VERA WANG -
I was a total fashion insider who became an outsider when I did bridal.
VERA WANG -
I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.
VERA WANG -
I see myself as an arbiter of taste.
VERA WANG -
I do speak Mandarin, and I also relate to the hunger that China has for culture and architecture and style.
VERA WANG -
Ready-to-wear is what I’ve wanted to do since the beginning. I’m not a girl who spends my life in a ballgown
VERA WANG -
I do speak Mandarin, and I also relate to the hunger that China has for culture and architecture and style.
VERA WANG -
My normal routine is pretty much putting out fires all day.
VERA WANG -
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.
VERA WANG -
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.
VERA WANG -
Just because you’re from a city ten miles outside of St. Paul. It doesn’t mean you don’t read magazines, or the incredible Internet, and what’s going on in the world. I never, ever take a client, or women, for granted.
VERA WANG -
I do speak Mandarin, and I also relate to the hunger that China has for culture and architecture and style.
VERA WANG -
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.
VERA WANG -
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.
VERA WANG -
A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
VERA WANG