Vera Wang Quotes

We do more ready-to-wear and ath-leisure, things you would wear everyday. I never close my mind to anything and eventually want to branch out. But for now, tennis is still number one for me.

Haute couture is a legitimate subject for Yves Saint Laurent and could resume one day.

I am still in love with couture because it is just two months from drawing pad to runway so everything on the catwalk is hot from the oven.

I just want to make beautiful, glamorous clothes.

In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.

I don't have a connection to the fashion world at all.

I'm not a typical couturier, although I really respect them.

Matthew Williamson has always been a favourite of mine, and I am definitely also rooting for up-and-coming designers like Michael van der Ham.

I've never tried to do couture, because it's a whole different beast.

Valentino made my day suit for the wedding of Paloma Picasso in Paris.

I want to make clothes that people will wear, not styles that will make a big splash on the runway.

It used to be if you wanted something nice to wear, you would sew it yourself for your body type. Women before the 20th century didn't have this problem. Now, it seems we're all squeezed into random designs. They're designed for no one.

My dream jobs would be Italian 'Vogue' and anything with Chanel!

I wish I could wear clothes straight off the runway.

There are people who, if they see something in couture that they perceive as ready-to-wear, they're in shock.

For me, one of the biggest designers is Azzedine Alaia. Everything he is doing is fantastic.

I enjoy seeing how my friends - Proenza Schouler, Zac Posen, Rodarte - use clothes to create their vision and art.

I was in love with Lagerfeld's designs.

My earliest influences were Coco Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent.

Designers have always shown outlandish and exuberant clothes, but that hasn't always translated to the streets.

I always used to love couture because it was more theatrical than the runways. The runways always felt more like part of the machine.

I learned to work with my mother, who had an haute-couture business.

I love Versace; I love Donatella's vision! It still has that '90s supermodel vibe.

I really love Celine. Obviously. Alexander Wang. Givenchy. Those are probably my main favorites. Dolce & Gabbana, too.

I'd love to work with Gaultier, and I'm obsessed with Vivienne Westwood.