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.
VERA WANGPeople get very trapped where they are. When they hear “fashion” they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it’s so elitist. If you can bring your own concept or your viewpoint and translate it not down but out, then you’re really successful in the truest sense.
More Vera Wang Quotes
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I like the gritty parts of fashion, the design, the studio, the pictures.
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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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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 love a black wedding dress.
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All I did my first year at Vogue was Xerox.
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I work with structure, but I go outside the box and give it my own spin. I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes – where a woman’s personality and sense of style are realized.
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It’s hard to balance everything. It’s always challenging.
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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’m not really a girl who likes to go out to lunch or cocktails or store openings.
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When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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The great thing about having a pool in L.A. is that I can use it year-round. And since I’ve always been an athlete, staying fit is very important.
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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 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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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.
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