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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Fashion has always been a repetition of ideas, but what makes it new is the way you put it together.
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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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Mistakes in life teach you how to succeed because you want to try again and do it better.
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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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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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Intuition is a strong feminine quality.
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It's very important to have a definitive style as a designer.
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I didn't long to be a designer. I always liked fashion, but it was always a bit sleeping in me.
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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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Some people take fashion very seriously....but that’s not right... Fashion should be fun!
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I am very shy. When I go to a charity ball, I don't mind if people look at my sleeves. I mind terribly if I have to say something.
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I love myself so much, I simply cannot describe it.
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I don't get my inspiration from books or a painting. I get it from the women I meet.
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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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