I don’t live through my kids. But I do know what will happen in life, and I just want them well prepared.
VERA WANGNew York for me is about work. If L.A. were to become a West Coast version of that, I’d shoot myself. The climate, the lifestyle – it really fits as the yin to my New York yang.
More Vera Wang Quotes
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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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When you love something, every day goes by in 10 minutes.
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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.
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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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I was stigmatized by being a bridal designer for a long time. I am amazed I have been able to move beyond it. I had really all but given up trying, but I did it because it was my lifelong dream.
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Is she going to, or has she done it? Has it happened? What is the story here?
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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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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 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 do speak Mandarin, and I also relate to the hunger that China has for culture and architecture and style.
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I was a total fashion insider who became an outsider when I did bridal.
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I’ve always tried to push myself technically and to push myself visually. That’s been part of the journey.
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I love a black wedding dress.
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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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I see myself as an arbiter of taste.
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