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It's very important to have a definitive style as a designer.

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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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I have a responsibility to the woman of today - to make her feel confident, modern and above all else beautiful.
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Don't become a fashion victim is what I'm trying to say.
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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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Life always has a bit of a challenge in front of you, and that's what makes you fight for it.
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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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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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I think elegance is always going to be there.
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I want women to choose something that makes them feel empowered and fantastic and admired by many people.
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The little black dress must be luxurious, rich, sensual, diaphanous, exotic, severe, lush, demure, demanding, frivolous, amusing, and it must linger in memory, but above all, it must be simple and little and black.
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I don't like trends. They tend to make everybody look the same.
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A man has to have sensibility, wit, mystery, tolerance, and strength... Romance also helps.
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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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When you work in fashion, you need to work as a team. You cannot do anything on your own.
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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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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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British and American women have very different styles and a different way of living.
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People get nervous accessorising, but there is nothing wrong with adding a belt or a pair of shoes in another colour.
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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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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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