I’ve been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too – what I should wear.
VERA WANGA woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
More Vera Wang Quotes
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I started at the very highest level so the upper end is something I know very well. I know it instinctively. But all the years I was designing, it frustrated me that I could reach so few women.
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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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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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There was no relationship between a wedding dress and fashion. There was no good taste, either. I realized that I could make an impression in terms of changing and readdressing the whole industry of bridal.
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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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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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I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.
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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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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 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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In the end, it’s not about failure, it’s about how much you love what you do.
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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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I’m not really a girl who likes to go out to lunch or cocktails or store openings.
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Service is a prerequisite for anything relating to luxury. That makes it (shopping) sensual and pleasurable.
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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.
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