Vera Wang Quotes
"When I decided to get married at 40, I couldn't find a dress with the modernity or sophistication I wanted. That's when I saw the opportunity for a wedding gown business."
- Vera Wang
(Related: Business, Wedding, Opportunity, Dress, Modernity, Sophistication)
"To me, eyewear goes way beyond being a prescription. It's like makeup. It's the most incredible accessory. The shape of a frame or the color of lenses can change your whole appearance."
- Vera Wang
(Related: Change, Appearance, Being, Makeup)
"It's for all the women who embrace my aesthetic, but can't afford a Vera Wang dress. If women can get anything out of it - a little bit of me or a lot of me, that's what's important."
- Vera Wang
(Related: Women, Dress)
"It's a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years."
- Vera Wang
(Related: Work, Exercise, Remarkable, Years)
"I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear."
- Vera Wang
(Related: Music)
"When I design a wedding dress with a bustle, it has to be one the bride can dance in. I love the idea that something is practical and still looks great."
- Vera Wang
(Related: Design, Love, Wedding, Dance, Idea, Dress)
"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."
- Vera Wang
(Related: Past, Research, Rules)
"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."
- Vera Wang
(Related: People, Challenge, Clothes, Dress, Focus, Personality, Self, Sense, Want, Woman)
"Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume."
- Vera Wang
(Related: Challenge, Fashion, Night)
"Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn."
- Vera Wang
(Related: Time, Work, People, Years)
"As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that."
- Vera Wang
(Related: Women, Mother, Daughters, Respect, Want)
"A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes."
- Vera Wang
(Related: Clothes, Woman)
"All those years of skating and dancing have carried over. I can't design anything without thinking of how a woman's body will look and move when she's wearing it."
- Vera Wang
(Related: Design, Body, Dancing, Thinking, Will, Woman, Years)
"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 Wang
(Related: Wedding, Women, Creativity, Metaphor, Vocabulary, Weddings)