I am not the sort of woman who would wear high heels with a bathing suit. Let’s get that straight right now.
VERA WANGA woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
More Vera Wang Quotes
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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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I don’t live through my kids. But I do know what will happen in life, and I just want them well prepared.
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Service is a prerequisite for anything relating to luxury. That makes it (shopping) sensual and pleasurable.
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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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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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I like the gritty parts of fashion, the design, the studio, the pictures.
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Ready-to-wear is what I’ve wanted to do since the beginning. I’m not a girl who spends my life in a ballgown
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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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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’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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I was a total fashion insider who became an outsider when I did bridal.
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I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.
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I hate phones. All businesses are personal businesses, and I always try my best to get back to people, but sometimes the barrage of calls is so enormous that if I just answered calls I would do nothing else.
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I do speak Mandarin, and I also relate to the hunger that China has for culture and architecture and style.
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