Vera Wang

I see myself as an arbiter of taste.

— Vera Wang

All I did my first year at Vogue was Xerox.

— Vera Wang

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

— Vera Wang

I love a black wedding dress.

— Vera Wang

When you love something, every day goes by in 10 minutes.

— Vera Wang

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

— Vera Wang

My mother was extremely controlled, sort of flawless. And I always tend to be a bit more hippie.

— Vera Wang

It's a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years.

— Vera Wang

A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.

— Vera Wang

I do speak Mandarin, and I also relate to the hunger that China has for culture and architecture and style.

— Vera Wang

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

— Vera Wang

They never ask the celebrities why they don't wear their own clothes on the red carpet.

— Vera Wang

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

— Vera Wang

I am not the sort of woman who would wear high heels with a bathing suit. Let's get that straight right now.

— Vera Wang

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

— Vera Wang

I do think I know more about clothes than any 500 designers, because there's nothing like wearing them. You buy them, you…

— Vera Wang

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

— Vera Wang

I'm a late riser by my family's standards. Sleeping is a luxury because since I was young, I woke up very early…

— Vera Wang

The key is falling in love with something, anything. If your heart's attached to it, then your mind will be attached to…

— Vera Wang

The way a dancer can bring the crowd to its feet with a drawn-out, well-executed pirouette is the excitement I wanted to…

— Vera Wang

I hate phones. All businesses are personal businesses, and I always try my best to get back to people, but sometimes the…

— Vera Wang

Things that came before, people and things and experiences - that does mean something to me. It doesn't mean I don't embrace…

— Vera Wang

Figure skating has been a great influence for me. I took dance at the School of American Ballet, which helped my own…

— Vera Wang

Design is about point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in one's head as…

— Vera Wang

It takes tremendous will to compete in any athletic endeavor, so it meant going to bed early and getting my homework done…

— Vera Wang

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…

— Vera Wang

I used to get tons of letters that said, "I'll never get to wear you," or "I'll never get married in one…

— Vera Wang

Every woman hates her own body. I don't know a woman who doesn't . . . well, I do know a few…

— Vera Wang

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

— Vera Wang

Certainly a big challenge for me with evening-wear is to make it look modern and artistic and avant-garde. The very concept of…

— Vera Wang

I think there's going to be a real push in the next two years in Asia - China and Korea specifically. And…

— Vera Wang

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

— Vera Wang

I've always tried to push myself technically and to push myself visually. That's been part of the journey.

— Vera Wang

As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.

— Vera Wang

I'm not really a girl who likes to go out to lunch or cocktails or store openings.

— Vera Wang

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

— Vera Wang

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

— Vera Wang

In the end, it’s not about failure, it’s about how much you love what you do.

— Vera Wang

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

— Vera Wang

It's a remarkable exercise to sit and look at you own work over the years.

— Vera Wang