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I do speak Mandarin, and I also relate to the hunger that China has for culture and architecture and style.

Vera Wang

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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Family Necessary People Risk Sad Thinking Woman Yourself
The intricate engraving, fine lines, beading and milgrain accents echo an era defined by elaborate embellishments.
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Design Detail Fashion
My normal routine is pretty much putting out fires all day.
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Fire Job Myself Normal Work
It’s hard to balance everything. It’s always challenging.
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Balance Challenge Hard
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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Beyond Design Dream Life Myself Time
I make things of my own that aren’t that glam, but I’m not known for that, which has always been a bit of a frustration for me.
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Appearance Beautiful Frustration Myself
People get very trapped where they are. When they hear ‘fashion’ they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it’s so elitist.
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Clothes End Fashion People Scare
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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End Expectation Lesson Life Mom Myself Training Try
I’m not really a girl who likes to go out to lunch or cocktails or store openings.
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Attitude Celebration Girl Travel
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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Fashion Myself Right Woman
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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Clothes Design Start Study Thinking Understand Yourself
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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Call Right See Way Wisdom Yourself
It’s a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years.
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Exercise Work Yourself
I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It’s a metaphor for women’s lives, their creativity.
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Creativity Intellectual Live Marriage Woman
In the end, it’s not about failure, it’s about how much you love what you do.
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Career End Failure Job Love Yourself
A bride should look at everything she possibly can…just so she can experiment and see what makes her really feel beautiful or glamorous or classical or whatever she desires to be on that particular day.
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Appearance Beautiful Desire Experiment Feeling Herself Marriage Possible See

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