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I always let other people describe me because if I describe myself you will not understand.

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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When you work in fashion, you need to work as a team. You cannot do anything on your own.
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You have to have curiosity in life. The moment you don't have any more curiosity, then don't do anything. Retire and stay in your house.
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Don't become a fashion victim is what I'm trying to say.
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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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Work doesn't seem to interfere with my life. I have time for everything, even time to be alone.
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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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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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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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Just wear what you think looks beautiful.
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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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Fashion has always been a repetition of ideas, but what makes it new is the way you put it together.
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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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I want women to choose something that makes them feel empowered and fantastic and admired by many people.
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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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I don't like trends. They tend to make everybody look the same.
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It's not all about beauty! It's also about a sense of humor.
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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 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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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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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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