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.
VERA WANGI was the girl who nobody thought would ever get married. I was going to be a fashion nun the rest of my life. There are generations of them, those fashion nuns, living, eating, breathing 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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I love sportswear in my own weird way. Fashion is such a personal journey for me. I’m much more of a girl that’s a T-shirt, legging, layering kind of thing, and outerwear.
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When you love something, every day goes by in 10 minutes.
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I’m only waiting for Lindsay Lohan’s fashion collection to come out. Ten years from now, there may be no real designers left.
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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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My normal routine is pretty much putting out fires all day.
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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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When I decided to get married at 40, I couldn’t find a dress with the modernity or sophistication I wanted. That’s when I saw the opportunity for a wedding gown business.
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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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I see myself as an arbiter of taste.
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I’m not really a girl who likes to go out to lunch or cocktails or store openings.
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I don’t live through my kids. But I do know what will happen in life, and I just want them well prepared.
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To me, eyewear goes way beyond being a prescription. It’s like makeup. It’s the most incredible accessory. The shape of a frame or the color of lenses can change your whole appearance.
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Brides today are increasingly sensitive to the tastes, feelings and finances of their attendants.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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