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Do you know what elegance is? It is not only what you're wearing. It is how you wear it. who you are inside.

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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
Elegance
Wearing
Wear
Inside
Inspirational

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I have always loved trouser suits. It's something I absolutely believe in for women.
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If you do something for so long, it's really great in your life, right?
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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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Politics are private. I don't understand people who try to convince you to join one party or another.
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Femininity is a lot of power. It's allure. And the moment you start competing directly with a man, it's not that fun.
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It's not all about beauty! It's also about a sense of humor.
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British and American women have very different styles and a different way of living.
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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've been dressing Renee on the red carpet for the past three years, ... I think she always looks great. She has the right proportion for my clothes. She has that tiny waist and she loves fashion.
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Just wear what you think looks beautiful.
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You cannot forget about your femininity. You don't have to compete with men in that respect.
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Work doesn't seem to interfere with my life. I have time for everything, even time to be alone.
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The difference between fashion and art is that fashion is art in movement.
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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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I love books my suitcases are always full of them. Books and shoes. I read when I am sad, when I am happy, when I am nervous. My favourite British author is Jane Austen, and my favourite American one is John O'Hara.
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I walk in the park every day, and when people come and ask for a photograph, I say, Oh, my God! It means they recognize that I have been doing something right and they want to have a photograph taken with me.
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I always let other people describe me because if I describe myself you will not understand.
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I think elegance is always going to be there.
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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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