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I like the gritty parts of fashion, the design, the studio, the pictures.

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Vera Wang
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: June 27
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Fashion Designer
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New York City
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Vera Ellen Wang
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I do speak Mandarin, and I also relate to the hunger that China has for culture and architecture and style.
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I do think I know more about clothes than any 500 designers, because there's nothing like wearing them. You buy them, you study them, and you start to understand how they're crafted.
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The intricate engraving, fine lines, beading and milgrain accents echo an era defined by elaborate embellishments.
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Let's be realistic, how many people are buying a $2,000 skirt? I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today.
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People get very trapped where they are. When they hear 'fashion' they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it's so elitist.
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Fashion to me has become very disposable I wanted to get back to craft, to clothes that could last.
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I work with structure, but I go outside the box and give it my own spin. I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes - where a woman's personality and sense of style are realized.
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I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.
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Success isn't about the end result it's about what you learn along the way.
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I make things of my own that aren't that glam, but I'm not known for that, which has always been a bit of a frustration for me.
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There was no relationship between a wedding dress and fashion. There was no good taste, either. I realized that I could make an impression in terms of changing and readdressing the whole industry of bridal.
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All those years of skating and dancing have carried over. I can't design anything without thinking of how a woman's body will look and move when she's wearing it.
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When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.
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The way a dancer can bring the crowd to its feet with a drawn-out, well-executed pirouette is the excitement I wanted to capture with this design.
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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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When you love something, every day goes by in 10 minutes.
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It takes tremendous will to compete in any athletic endeavor, so it meant going to bed early and getting my homework done in advance. I had to sacrifice things, like a social life, to be a skater at 15. But I loved skating so much that it was worth everything to me.
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Is she going to, or has she done it? Has it happened? What is the story here?
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I love the focus and bravery of European designers, but I love the nonchalance and throwaway aspect of America that has made Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein two of the greatest icons. I try to bridge those two worlds in my work. The clothes may be couture on the runway but there's an attitude that's very street and that comes from America.
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Bridal is always about who you are as a person and as a woman and as a lover and as a mate. People always ask me how a woman can pick just one dress. And the funny thing is they always know.
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