The key is falling in love with something, anything. If your heart’s attached to it, then your mind will be attached to it.
VERA WANGI 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.
More Vera Wang Quotes
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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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The great thing about having a pool in L.A. is that I can use it year-round. And since I’ve always been an athlete, staying fit is very important.
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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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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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Fashion to me has become very disposable; I wanted to get back to craft, to clothes that could last.
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I was the girl who nobody thought would ever get married. I was going to be a fashion nun the rest of my life. There are generations of them, those fashion nuns, living, eating, breathing clothes.
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Success isn’t about the end result; it’s about what you learn along the way.
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I do think I know more about clothes than any 500 designers, because there’s nothing like wearing them. You buy them, you study them, and you start to understand how they’re crafted.
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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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I love a black wedding dress.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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All those years of skating and dancing have carried over. I can’t design anything without thinking of how a woman’s body will look and move when she’s wearing it.
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Let’s be realistic, how many people are buying a $2,000 skirt? I love to design things that people can actually buy. I’m staggered by what a boot costs today.
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Service is a prerequisite for anything relating to luxury. That makes it (shopping) sensual and pleasurable.
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It’s hard to juggle being a businessperson with being a creative person. You have to organize yourself – PR needs me for PR, and the licensing division needs me for licensing, the bridal people need me for bridal.
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