The intricate engraving, fine lines, beading and milgrain accents echo an era defined by elaborate embellishments.
VERA WANGMy normal routine is pretty much putting out fires all day.
More Vera Wang Quotes
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I was an art history major, but never specifically contemporary. I would say where I really stopped were the abstract expressionists in the New York school.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.
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Service is a prerequisite for anything relating to luxury. That makes it (shopping) sensual and pleasurable.
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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 always see where I didn’t do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That’s a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.
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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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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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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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A bride should look at everything she possibly can…just so she can experiment and see what makes her really feel beautiful or glamorous or classical or whatever she desires to be on that particular day.
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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’m only waiting for Lindsay Lohan’s fashion collection to come out. Ten years from now, there may be no real designers left.
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Even the most understated ceremony involves a certain respect for ritual and pageantry. No one plays more of a significant role than the bride’s attendants.
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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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Success isn’t about the end result; it’s about what you learn along the way.
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