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I was a total fashion insider who became an outsider when I did bridal.

Vera Wang

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Vera Wang
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: June 27
Businessperson
Designer
Fashion Designer
Figure Skater
New York City
New York
Vera Ellen Wang
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Bridal
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I see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules.
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I am not the sort of woman who would wear high heels with a bathing suit. Let's get that straight right now.
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I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.
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Ready-to-wear is what I've wanted to do since the beginning. ... I'm not a girl who spends my life in a ballgown
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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I was the girl who nobody thought would ever get married. I was going to be a fashion nun the rest of my life. There are generations of them, those fashion nuns, living, eating, breathing clothes.
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