Vera Wang quotes - page 2

Vera Wang is an American designer, widely recognized for her innovative bridal and evening wear. Her elegant and modern creations have influenced the world of fashion and redefined wedding dress design. She continues to inspire both aspiring designers and brides around the globe. Here are 65 of her quotes:

There was no relationship between a wedding dress and fashion. There was no good taste, either. I realized that I could make an impression in terms of changing and readdressing the whole industry of bridal. (Vera Wang)

It's hard to balance everything. It's always challenging.

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I was a total fashion insider who became an outsider when I did bridal.

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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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Fashion to me has become very disposable; I wanted to get back to craft, to clothes that could last.

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I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes, where a woman's personality and sense of self are revealed. I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.

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Figure skating has been a great influence for me. I took dance at the School of American Ballet, which helped my own skating. And whether you are a skater or a dancer, without sounding narcissistic, it is all about looking in the mirror.

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New York for me is about work. If L.A. were to become a West Coast version of that, I'd shoot myself. The climate, the lifestyle - it really fits as the yin to my New York yang.

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Brides today are increasingly sensitive to the tastes, feelings and finances of their attendants.

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I started at the very highest level so the upper end is something I know very well. I know it instinctively. But all the years I was designing, it frustrated me that I could reach so few women.

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The funny thing is that I'm the girl who no one sees at the beach. Ask anyone who's traveled with me. Normally, I'm in so many layers, I look like Lawrence of Arabia! (Vera Wang)

All I did my first year at Vogue was Xerox.

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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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My normal routine is pretty much putting out fires all day.

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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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Although in skating you compete with other people, anyone who achieves a certain level of success is first and foremost competing against themselves. And for me the idea that I could always do better, learn more, learn faster, is something that came from skating. But I carried that with me for the rest of my life.

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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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It is horrible to say, but I was stigmatized by being a bridal designer for a long time. I am amazed I have been able to move beyond it. I had really all but given up trying, but I did it because it was my lifelong dream.

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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 love a black wedding dress.

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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. (Vera Wang)

People get very trapped where they are. When they hear 'fashion' they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it's so elitist.

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I see myself as an arbiter of taste.

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I was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a big lesson in my life. My mother expected both.

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Success isn't about the end result; it's about what you learn along the way.

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Occupation: American Designer
Born: June 27, 1949
Quotes count: 65

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