I like the gritty parts of fashion, the design, the studio, the pictures.
VERA WANGIt’s hard to balance everything. It’s always challenging.
More Vera Wang Quotes
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I was a total fashion insider who became an outsider when I did bridal.
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We 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.
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I always see where I didn’t do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That’s a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.
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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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I work with structure, but I go outside the box and give it my own spin. I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes – where a woman’s personality and sense of style are realized.
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The intricate engraving, fine lines, beading and milgrain accents echo an era defined by elaborate embellishments.
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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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My mother was extremely controlled, sort of flawless. And I always tend to be a bit more hippie.
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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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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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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 do speak Mandarin, and I also relate to the hunger that China has for culture and architecture and style.
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All I did my first year at Vogue was Xerox.
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It’s a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years.
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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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