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.
VERA WANGA woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
More Vera Wang Quotes
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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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The intricate engraving, fine lines, beading and milgrain accents echo an era defined by elaborate embellishments.
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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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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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Figure skating has been a great influence for me. I took dance at the School of American Ballet, which helped my own skating. And whether you are a skater or a dancer, without sounding narcissistic, it is all about looking in the mirror.
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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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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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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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Is she going to, or has she done it? Has it happened? What is the story here?
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I love sportswear in my own weird way. Fashion is such a personal journey for me. I’m much more of a girl that’s a T-shirt, legging, layering kind of thing, and outerwear.
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I’m only waiting for Lindsay Lohan’s fashion collection to come out. Ten years from now, there may be no real designers left.
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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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They never ask the celebrities why they don’t wear their own clothes on the red carpet.
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Success isn’t about the end result; it’s about what you learn along the way.
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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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