People get very trapped where they are. When they hear ‘fashion’ they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it’s so elitist.
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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I wanted to breathe new life into the timeless trend of past, present and future. These unique designs celebrate the bride and groom’s passage through their new life together.
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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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My 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.
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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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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 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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Service is a prerequisite for anything relating to luxury. That makes it (shopping) sensual and pleasurable.
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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 was an art history major, but never specifically contemporary. I would say where I really stopped were the abstract expressionists in the New York school.
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All I did my first year at Vogue was Xerox.
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As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don’t ever want to lose that.
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I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.
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They never ask the celebrities why they don’t wear their own clothes on the red carpet.
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It’s a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years.
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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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