Brides today are increasingly sensitive to the tastes, feelings and finances of their attendants.
VERA WANGReady-to-wear is what I’ve wanted to do since the beginning. I’m not a girl who spends my life in a ballgown
More Vera Wang Quotes
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In the end, it’s not about failure, it’s about how much you love what you do.
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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 like the gritty parts of fashion, the design, the studio, the pictures.
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The great thing about having a pool in L.A. is that I can use it year-round. And since I’ve always been an athlete, staying fit is very important.
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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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It’s hard to juggle being a businessperson with being a creative person. You have to organize yourself – PR needs me for PR, and the licensing division needs me for licensing, the bridal people need me for bridal.
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My closet is organized by tops, pants, and outerwear, but not a lot of dresses. Gowns are in another room because I don’t often dress formally, even though I design gowns. Like most designers, I have a uniform, and mine is a legging.
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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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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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My mother was extremely controlled, sort of flawless. And I always tend to be a bit more hippie.
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I work with structure, but I go outside the box and give it my own spin. I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes – where a woman’s personality and sense of style are realized.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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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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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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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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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 do think I know more about clothes than any 500 designers, because there’s nothing like wearing them. You buy them, you study them, and you start to understand how they’re crafted.
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It’s hard to balance everything. It’s always challenging.
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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
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Is she going to, or has she done it? Has it happened? What is the story here?
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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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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.
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When I decided to get married at 40, I couldn’t find a dress with the modernity or sophistication I wanted. That’s when I saw the opportunity for a wedding gown business.
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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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I love sportswear in my own weird way. Fashion is such a personal journey for me. I’m much more of a girl that’s a T-shirt, legging, layering kind of thing, and outerwear.
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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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