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You can't wait for people to tell you you have to know yourself.

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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 get my inspiration from books or a painting. I get it from the women I meet.
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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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I cannot go and tell women what to wear and what not to wear you have to decide on your own.
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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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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 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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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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British and American women have very different styles and a different way of living.
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Some people take fashion very seriously....but that’s not right... Fashion should be fun!
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If you date someone who isn't very good-looking but makes you laugh, you will never forget 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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Don't become a fashion victim is what I'm trying to say.
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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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I have always loved trouser suits. It's something I absolutely believe in for women.
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You have to have talent to design and to dress thousands of women or millions of women around the world. And you know very well, the only thing they want is to look more beautiful.
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It's important to find what really suits who you are, because style isn't only what you wear, it's what you project.
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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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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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I approach fashion as an evolution. It's always changing. As you know, sometimes it changes in three months.
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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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