In the dream world of Matisse and the gritty reality of American frontier, the diversity of women in our society offers the chance for greater exploration and even greater inspiration.
VERA WANGIn the dream world of Matisse and the gritty reality of American frontier, the diversity of women in our society offers the chance for greater exploration and even greater inspiration.
VERA WANGI do speak Mandarin, and I also relate to the hunger that China has for culture and architecture and style.
VERA WANGPeople 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.
VERA WANGI see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules.
VERA WANGDon’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.
VERA WANGI like the gritty parts of fashion, the design, the studio, the pictures.
VERA WANGWhen 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.
VERA WANGI 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.
VERA WANGA woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
VERA WANGWe 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 WANGWhen you love something, every day goes by in 10 minutes.
VERA WANGI’m not really a girl who likes to go out to lunch or cocktails or store openings.
VERA WANGI don’t live through my kids. But I do know what will happen in life, and I just want them well prepared.
VERA WANGJust 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 WANGI 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.
VERA WANGThere was no relationship between a wedding dress and fashion. There was no good taste, either. I realized that I could make an impression in terms of changing and readdressing the whole industry of bridal.
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