Just because you’re from a city ten miles outside of St. Paul. It doesn’t mean you don’t read magazines, or the incredible Internet, and what’s going on in the world. I never, ever take a client, or women, for granted.
VERA WANGI do speak Mandarin, and I also relate to the hunger that China has for culture and architecture and style.
More Vera Wang Quotes
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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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In the end, it’s not about failure, it’s about how much you love what you do.
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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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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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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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I hate phones. All businesses are personal businesses, and I always try my best to get back to people, but sometimes the barrage of calls is so enormous that if I just answered calls I would do nothing else.
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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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My normal routine is pretty much putting out fires all day.
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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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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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Bridal 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.
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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 mother was extremely controlled, sort of flawless. And I always tend to be a bit more hippie.
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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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