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.
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.
More Vera Wang Quotes
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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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 do speak Mandarin, and I also relate to the hunger that China has for culture and architecture and style.
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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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I love a black wedding dress.
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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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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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It’s hard to balance everything. It’s always challenging.
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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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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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All 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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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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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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When you love something, every day goes by in 10 minutes.
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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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