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.
VERA WANGWhen 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.
VERA WANGI’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.
VERA WANGMy 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.
VERA WANGBridal 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.
VERA WANGI am not the sort of woman who would wear high heels with a bathing suit. Let’s get that straight right now.
VERA WANGMy 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.
VERA WANGThe intricate engraving, fine lines, beading and milgrain accents echo an era defined by elaborate embellishments.
VERA WANGI love a black wedding dress.
VERA WANGFashion to me has become very disposable; I wanted to get back to craft, to clothes that could last.
VERA WANGI’m not really a girl who likes to go out to lunch or cocktails or store openings.
VERA WANGDesign is about point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in one’s head as a designer.
VERA WANGIt’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.
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 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 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 WANGAll 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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