When 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.
VERA WANGMy 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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Don’t be afraid to take time to learn. It’s good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.
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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 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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Brides today are increasingly sensitive to the tastes, feelings and finances of their attendants.
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It’s a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years.
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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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The key is falling in love with something, anything. If your heart’s attached to it, then your mind will be attached to it.
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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 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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Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.
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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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Ready-to-wear is what I’ve wanted to do since the beginning. I’m not a girl who spends my life in a ballgown
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The intricate engraving, fine lines, beading and milgrain accents echo an era defined by elaborate embellishments.
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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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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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