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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.

Vera Wang

I see myself as an arbiter of taste.
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Myself See Taste
When I design a wedding dress with a bustle, it has to be one the bride can dance in. I love the idea that something is practical and still looks great.
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Artist Dance Design Greatness Practice Wedding
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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End Expectation Lesson Life Mom Myself Training Try
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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Design Fashion Future Myself Reality Time Wait
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.
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Appearance Dance Greatness Myself Sound
I don’t live through my kids. But I do know what will happen in life, and I just want them well prepared.
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Children Life Live Myself Preparation
The intricate engraving, fine lines, beading and milgrain accents echo an era defined by elaborate embellishments.
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Design Detail Fashion
I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.
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Appearance Clothes Empowerment Fashion Focus Mindset People See Women
When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.
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Career Hard Work Inspirational Job Love Passion Yourself
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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Books Internet Myself Reading Travel Woman World Worth
I wanted to breathe new life into the timeless trend of past, present and future. These unique designs celebrate the bride and groom’s passage through their new life together.
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Breathe Celebration Design Life Marriage Past Time Togetherness Unique
I was a total fashion insider who became an outsider when I did bridal.
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Design Fashion Marriage
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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Clothes Design Fashion Myself Organization Room
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.
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Creativity Intellectual Live Marriage Woman
When brides ask me, “What’s the best advice you can give me on my wedding day?” I always have the same answer: “Be yourself.” Someone’s marrying you, they love you for who you are, and they don’t want you to be someone else.
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Advice Be Yourself Change Love Marriage Relationship Self Love
A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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Artist Clothes Comfortable Fashion Herself Woman

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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