I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It’s a metaphor for women’s lives, their creativity.
VERA WANGI am not the sort of woman who would wear high heels with a bathing suit. Let’s get that straight right now.
More Vera Wang Quotes
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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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My bedroom is my sanctuary. It’s like a refuge, and it’s where I do a fair amount of designing – at least conceptually, if not literally.
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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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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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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 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.
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The way a dancer can bring the crowd to its feet with a drawn-out, well-executed pirouette is the excitement I wanted to capture with this design.
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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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The key is falling in love with something, anything. If your heart’s attached to it, then your mind will be attached to it.
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All I did my first year at Vogue was Xerox.
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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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I’ve been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too – what I should wear.
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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 was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a big lesson in my life. My mother expected both.
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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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