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Fashion Quotes by Vera Wang

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Designing since age eight shows a lifelong habit of sketching dresses for skating and beyond. They stress color, especially in bridal wear, and view fashion as a personal, creative escape that blends structure with individual flair. Making modern clothes that feel authentic, not like a costume, is seen as the biggest challenge.

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I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.

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I love a black wedding dress.

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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 like the gritty parts of fashion, the design, the studio, the pictures.

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

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My mother is the reason I'm in fashion. She worshiped it. Unfortunately, she infected me.

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I love sportswear in my own weird way. Fashion is such a personal journey for me. I'm much more of a girl…

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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…

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Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.

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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…

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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…

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It's for all the women who embrace my aesthetic, but can't afford a Vera Wang dress. If women can get anything out…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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In terms of bridal dress, I've tried everything. I've tried short, long, deconstructed, constructed, bustiers, working in fabrics, working in color. I've…

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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all…

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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…

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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…

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It's kind of hard when your moniker is "bridal" and "evening" for people to understand that I don't run around in a…

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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…

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I think fashion is intensely personal. It should be. It should give a woman a creative outlet, it should give her a…

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It's important to view fashion as personal and creative - even for brides. When brides ask me, "What's the best advice you…

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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…

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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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There was no relationship between a wedding dress and fashion. There was no good taste, either. I realized that I could make…

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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…

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Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years.…

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I wanted to breathe new life into the timeless trend of past, present and future. These unique designs celebrate the bride and…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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I work with structure, but I go outside the box and give it my own spin. I adore the challenge of creating…

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When I design a wedding dress with a bustle, it has to be one the bride can dance in. I love the…

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I was stigmatized by being a bridal designer for a long time. I am amazed I have been able to move beyond…

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Whether you are a skater or a dancer, without sounding narcissistic, it is all about looking in the mirror. Where I used…

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I love the focus and bravery of European designers, but I love the nonchalance and throwaway aspect of America that has made…

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