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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 Wang

I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.
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Appearance Clothes Empowerment Fashion Focus Mindset People See Women
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
I work with structure, but I go outside the box and give it my own spin. I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes – where a woman’s personality and sense of style are realized.
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Challenge Creation Personality Realize Structure Style Woman Work
It’s hard to balance everything. It’s always challenging.
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Balance Challenge Hard
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
My closet is organized by tops, pants, and outerwear, but not a lot of dresses. Gowns are in another room because I don’t often dress formally, even though I design gowns. Like most designers, I have a uniform, and mine is a legging.
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Clothes Design Fashion Myself Organization Room
I do speak Mandarin, and I also relate to the hunger that China has for culture and architecture and style.
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Culture Language Myself Style Talk
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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Attitude Design Life Myself Style View Woman
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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Attachment Fall In Love Heart Mindset Motivational
I do speak Mandarin, and I also relate to the hunger that China has for culture and architecture and style.
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Culture Language Myself Style Talk
I was a total fashion insider who became an outsider when I did bridal.
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Design Fashion Marriage
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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Deep Fashion People Success True View Yourself
One thing about skating that I don’t think people focus on enough is the music factor. The music is a huge component of figure skating. It can dictate not only the choreography but the emotion. If it’s not the right music it can ruin a performance.
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Emotion Enough Focus Music People Right Ruin Thinking
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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Athletics Bed Life Sacrifice Worth
To me, eyewear goes way beyond being a prescription. It’s like makeup. It’s the most incredible accessory. The shape of a frame or the color of lenses can change your whole appearance.
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Appearance Change Design Eyes Fashion Yourself
When I decided to get married at 40, I couldn’t find a dress with the modernity or sophistication I wanted. That’s when I saw the opportunity for a wedding gown business.
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Business Clothes Creativity Decision Fashion Marriage Myself Opportunity

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.

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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.

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