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I don't get my inspiration from books or a painting. I get it from the women I meet.

Carolina Herrera

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Carolina Herrera
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: January 8
Businessperson
Fashion Designer
Ciudad de Caracas Venezuela
María Carolina Josefina Pacanins Niño
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In fashion, you have to have perseverance. You have to do it again and again, but it's something that comes out of my heart, and I love it.
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There have been a lot of changes [in the fashion industry], of course. You just have to accept it and be strong.
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Mistakes in life teach you how to succeed because you want to try again and do it better.
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Fashion has always been a repetition of ideas, but what makes it new is the way you put it together.
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If you date someone who isn't very good-looking but makes you laugh, you will never forget it.
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I approach fashion as an evolution. It's always changing. As you know, sometimes it changes in three months.
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It's important to find what really suits who you are, because style isn't only what you wear, it's what you project.
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Even if it doesn't fit the woman, like, let's say a very short skirt, and the woman doesn't have the legs or the height to wear the skirt, but she has to wear it because it's fashionable. Don't do it! If it doesn't look good on you, don't worry about it.
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If you do something for so long, it's really great in your life, right?
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I think elegance is always going to be there.
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Fashion is a dream. It's difficult, and there are many aspects of fashion that are very difficult, but if you love it like I do, because I really have a passion, now, for fashion, it's not easy, but nothing is easy in life.
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You need somebody you respect and admire to back you always.
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Money doesn't buy elegance. You can take an inexpensive sheath, add a pretty scarf, gray shoes, and a wonderful bag, and it will always be elegant.
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I believe that you have to treat the people who work with you like your family.
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Fashion should be fun. It shouldn't be labelled 'intellectual.'
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I think it is good that fashion is a challenge because when something is a challenge, you want to do it better.
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I love myself so much, I simply cannot describe it.
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You have to have talent to design and to dress thousands of women or millions of women around the world. And you know very well, the only thing they want is to look more beautiful.
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I don't want the collections to look like a potpourri. It has to have a cohesive idea, and it has to be glamorous and beautiful and fit well.
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Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read.
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