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Venezuelan-American fashion designer, Birth: 8-1-1939 Carolina Herrera Quotes
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Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read.
Carolina Herrera

Grace isn't solely determined by what you attire. It's how you present yourself, the language you use, and what knowledge you acquire.
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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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Age is something only in your head or a stereotype. Age means nothing when you are passionate about something.
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Always choose style over fashion: wear something that makes you look beautiful.
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Fashion is to please your eye. Shapes and proportions are for your intellect.
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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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I don't get my inspiration from books or a painting. I get it from the women I meet.
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Mistakes in life teach you how to succeed because you want to try again and do it better.
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Quote Topics by Carolina Herrera: Fashion People Thinking Looks Style Beautiful Want Important Book Age Elegance Men Design Eye House Shoes Ideas Strong Fun Trying Dresses Mother Art Long Inspiration Believe Suits Together Different Three
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A wedding dress is both an intimate and personal for a woman - it must reflect the personality and style of the bride.
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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 have a responsibility to the woman of today - to make her feel confident, modern and above all else beautiful.
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I want women to really look like women from today. It's not from the past and not from the future, because I don't know what happens in the future. It is the woman of today (who) I think is a seductive woman.
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I love myself so much, I simply cannot describe it.
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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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All women like to have their clothes admired, and those that deny it are lying.
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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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Unfortunately, there's a lot of confusion today over what is sexy and what is vulgar. It's horrifying. They say, 'Oh, that girl is so sexy,' and she turns around and the dress is four sizes too small. Or she's wearing so much stuff, you wonder how long it took her to get ready.
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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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I believe that you have to treat the people who work with you like your family.
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Femininity is a lot of power. It's allure. And the moment you start competing directly with a man, it's not that fun.
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I don't think women need another black bag. Everybody has a black bag already, so I thought this season (needs) color.
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Some people take fashion very seriously....but that’s not right... Fashion should be fun!
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I don't like trends. They tend to make everybody look the same.
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I don't like to follow too many trends because trends tend to make women look like they are wearing uniforms.
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Any business is the same in the beginning because nobody knows where it's going to ride.
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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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You can wear them with anything. It's the person and the way that they wear it that makes it different. I have been designing white shirts forever, but I don't get tired of it.
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The first painting that I realised I liked was 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' by Hieronymus Bosch, when I was six years old, at the Prado in Madrid. I still find myself returning there every time I'm in the city.
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It's important to find what really suits who you are, because style isn't only what you wear, it's what you project.
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I very seldom compromise. I am a Capricorn.
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Fashion never stops. There is always the new project, the new opportunity.
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People confuse vulgar and naked with sexiness. You want the mystery!
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When I was living in Los Angeles, I always booked a moisturizing milk-and-honey massage the day before flying to Spain. It was heaven - I never got dry plane skin or felt stiff from sitting in one position.
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Intuition is a strong feminine quality.
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Attention to detail is of utmost importance when you want to look good.
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Just wear what you think looks beautiful.
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I didn't long to be a designer. I always liked fashion, but it was always a bit sleeping in me.
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I am very shy. When I go to a charity ball, I don't mind if people look at my sleeves. I mind terribly if I have to say something.
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Perfection does not exist - only God is perfect.
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If you date someone who isn't very good-looking but makes you laugh, you will never forget it.
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It's not all about beauty! It's also about a sense of humor.
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You cannot forget about your femininity. You don't have to compete with men in that respect.
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You feel very romantic when you're in a ball gown. Everyone should wear one once in a while.
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In anything you do, it's important to have your own personality there.
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My family - my husband, my daughters, my grandchildren, my great-grandchildren, all of them - are the most important thing in the world to me.
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Something you wore three months ago, maybe you don't wear it again. I am a great believer that if something looks very good on you, you can wear it again, and it's not the end of the world.
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Don't become a fashion victim is what I'm trying to say.
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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 find that it is much easier now for women to be in any position because, as you see, they are presidents of banks, they are prime ministers, they are doctors. Everything is about women.
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I can get ready in 10 minutes.
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