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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. ↗

— Vera Wang

#break #came #even #give #go

I started at the very highest level so the upper end is something I know very well. I know it instinctively. But all the years I was designing, it frustrated me that I could reach so few women. ↗

— Vera Wang

#designing #end #few #few women #frustrated

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. ↗

— Vera Wang

#clothes #eating #ever #fashion #generations

I was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a big lesson in my life. My mother expected both. ↗

— Vera Wang

#both #doing #either #ended #expected

I'm hoping that I'll be able to find a distributor to come into Canada with it, because I think it is a wild and crazy romp that really tells things like it is. ↗

— Burt Ward

#because #canada #come #crazy #distributor

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. ↗

— Vera Wang

#box #challenge #clothes #creating #give

I'm not really a girl who likes to go out to lunch or cocktails or store openings. ↗

— Vera Wang

#girl #go #i #likes #lunch

I'm only waiting for Lindsay Lohan's fashion collection to come out. Ten years from now, there may be no real designers left. ↗

— Vera Wang

#come #designers #fashion #i #left

As a child, I was a clown. I didn't hesitate to make a fool of myself and I would love to completely take on wacky characters. ↗

— Gemma Ward

#child #clown #completely #fool #hesitate

I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear. ↗

— Vera Wang

#aspects #been #choreography #could #designing