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.
VERA WANGThe key is falling in love with something, anything. If your heart’s attached to it, then your mind will be attached to it.
More Vera Wang Quotes
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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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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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My normal routine is pretty much putting out fires all day.
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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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It’s a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years.
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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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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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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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I’m not really a girl who likes to go out to lunch or cocktails or store openings.
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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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In the dream world of Matisse and the gritty reality of American frontier, the diversity of women in our society offers the chance for greater exploration and even greater inspiration.
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My mother was extremely controlled, sort of flawless. And I always tend to be a bit more hippie.
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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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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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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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