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.
VERA WANGA woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
More Vera Wang Quotes
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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 was struggling to find a way to make evening clothes more deconstructed. I like to think that I translated the Latin concept in a more modern way. I don’t think that I was that literal.
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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.
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People 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.
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My normal routine is pretty much putting out fires all day.
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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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They never ask the celebrities why they don’t wear their own clothes on the red carpet.
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Even the most understated ceremony involves a certain respect for ritual and pageantry. No one plays more of a significant role than the bride’s attendants.
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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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It takes tremendous will to compete in any athletic endeavor, so it meant going to bed early and getting my homework done in advance. I had to sacrifice things, like a social life, to be a skater at 15. But I loved skating so much that it was worth everything to me.
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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 love a black wedding dress.
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I see myself as an arbiter of taste.
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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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I like the gritty parts of fashion, the design, the studio, the pictures.
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