#w

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

It's a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years. ↗

— Vera Wang

#look #over #own #remarkable #sit

Let an audience be able to find it themselves without spoonfeeding it. ↗

— Patrick Warburton

#audience #find #themselves #without

Just because you're from a city ten miles outside of St. Paul. It doesn't mean you don't read magazines, or the incredible Internet, and what's going on in the world. I never, ever take a client, or women, for granted. ↗

— Vera Wang

#city #client #ever #going #granted

My mother was extremely controlled, sort of flawless. And I always tend to be a bit more hippie. ↗

— Vera Wang

#bit #controlled #extremely #flawless #hippie

New York for me is about work. If L.A. were to become a West Coast version of that, I'd shoot myself. The climate, the lifestyle - it really fits as the yin to my New York yang. ↗

— Vera Wang

#become #climate #coast #fits #i

People get very trapped where they are. When they hear 'fashion' they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it's so elitist. ↗

— Vera Wang

#elitist #end #fashion #get #hear

They never ask the celebrities why they don't wear their own clothes on the red carpet. ↗

— Vera Wang

#carpet #celebrities #clothes #never #own

When I decided to get married at 40, I couldn't find a dress with the modernity or sophistication I wanted. That's when I saw the opportunity for a wedding gown business. ↗

— Vera Wang

#business #decided #dress #find #get