I don’t live through my kids. But I do know what will happen in life, and I just want them well prepared.
VERA WANGBridal is always about who you are as a person and as a woman and as a lover and as a mate. People always ask me how a woman can pick just one dress. And the funny thing is they always know.
More Vera Wang Quotes
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Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.
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I love a black wedding dress.
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My normal routine is pretty much putting out fires all day.
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It’s hard to balance everything. It’s always challenging.
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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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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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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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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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When brides ask me, “What’s the best advice you can give me on my wedding day?” I always have the same answer: “Be yourself.” Someone’s marrying you, they love you for who you are, and they don’t want you to be someone else.
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I always see where I didn’t do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That’s a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.
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I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.
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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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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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Service is a prerequisite for anything relating to luxury. That makes it (shopping) sensual and pleasurable.
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New 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.
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