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 WANGAs the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don’t ever want to lose that.
More Vera Wang Quotes
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Don’t be afraid to take time to learn. It’s good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.
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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 want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.
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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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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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All I did my first year at Vogue was Xerox.
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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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I’m not really a girl who likes to go out to lunch or cocktails or store openings.
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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.
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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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Fashion to me has become very disposable; I wanted to get back to craft, to clothes that could last.
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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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Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.
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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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I started at the very highest level so the upper end is something I know very well. I know it instinctively. But all the years I was designing, it frustrated me that I could reach so few women.
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