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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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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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Fashion never stops. There is always the new project, the new opportunity.
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I think elegance is always going to be there.
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Feeling good about yourself and your life is very important. I'm a happy woman, happy with my husband, my daughters, my grandchildren. We all get along quite well, and that keeps me centered.
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I love myself so much, I simply cannot describe it.
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Any business is the same in the beginning because nobody knows where it's going to ride.
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It's very important to have a definitive style as a designer.
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A man has to have sensibility, wit, mystery, tolerance, and strength... Romance also helps.
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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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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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Glamour is beyond beauty and beyond age. It's like sex appeal. You either have it or you don't, but I don't think it's the end of the world if you don't have it!
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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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Mistakes in life teach you how to succeed because you want to try again and do it better.
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British and American women have very different styles and a different way of living.
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Luxury will be always around, no matter what happens in the world.
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The '70s were full of creativity. Everybody was so unique. It was a very creative period, and I think to be a designer you have to know a little about art and literature and music because there is inspiration in all of these things. You're looking for beauty but also something that makes sense.
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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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Queen Elizabeth of England is the real fashion icon of the century. And she has a sense of humor.
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I have always loved trouser suits. It's something I absolutely believe in for women.
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You can wear them with anything. It's the person and the way that they wear it that makes it different. I have been designing white shirts forever, but I don't get tired of it.
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