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I cannot go and tell women what to wear and what not to wear you have to decide on your own.

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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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 didn't long to be a designer. I always liked fashion, but it was always a bit sleeping in me.
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Fashion should be fun. It shouldn't be labelled 'intellectual.'
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I have always loved trouser suits. It's something I absolutely believe in for women.
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A man has to have sensibility, wit, mystery, tolerance, and strength... Romance also helps.
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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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If you do something for so long, it's really great in your life, right?
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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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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 think elegance is always going to be there.
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Don't become a fashion victim is what I'm trying to say.
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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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Queen Elizabeth of England is the real fashion icon of the century. And she has a sense of humor.
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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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Fashion has always been a repetition of ideas, but what makes it new is the way you put it together.
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I believe that you have to treat the people who work with you like your family.
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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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Most people travel with a good book, but I also keep my agenda with me I'll flip through the pages and take a few moments to organize my life a little - I rarely get the time to do this normally.
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It's very important to have a definitive style as a designer.
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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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