When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.
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.
More Vera Wang Quotes
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I 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.
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I 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.
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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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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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The intricate engraving, fine lines, beading and milgrain accents echo an era defined by elaborate embellishments.
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I am not the sort of woman who would wear high heels with a bathing suit. Let’s get that straight right now.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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Service is a prerequisite for anything relating to luxury. That makes it (shopping) sensual and pleasurable.
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The funny thing is that I’m the girl who no one sees at the beach. Ask anyone who’s traveled with me. Normally, I’m in so many layers, I look like Lawrence of Arabia!
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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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I love a black wedding dress.
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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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I do speak Mandarin, and I also relate to the hunger that China has for culture and architecture and style.
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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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It’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.
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