Carolina Herrera Quotes
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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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Thank God my hair is always the same. And I get dressed very quickly. I am not one of those people who spend three hours getting dressed. I never understood that. What do you do for the two and a half hours after the half hour it takes you to get ready?
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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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For me, fashion begins in New York.
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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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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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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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Keep in shape: if you look good, you will feel confident.
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When you live and work in different time zones, you spend a lot of time on airplanes.
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Luxury will be always around, no matter what happens in the world.
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Work doesn't seem to interfere with my life. I have time for everything, even time to be alone.
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You can be very feminine and be a leader. Christine Lagarde, she's very chic and she dresses very well, and she's a woman. And she has a lot of power.
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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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You have to deal with the fashion egos. You know, there is a lot. It shouldn't be treated that seriously because fashion is only making dresses to make women look beautiful. We're not inventing anything new.
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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.
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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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Perfection does not exist - only God is perfect.
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Sometimes you see women that don't realize that age is changing your style, and they don't change.
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You never expect anything when you are 20 because you think that you'll never get older.
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In general, fashion is challenging. Everything from clothes to fragrances.
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We women manage to do many things at the same time. Men, no. Men do one thing at a time.
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I prefer clothes that are simple, well-cut, but with one major extravagance. Something with the sleeves, with the skirt, but nothing too fussy, too flashy.
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Fashion never stops. There is always the new project, the new opportunity.
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When you're wearing something you feel comfortable in, you move better. That's why the most important accessory you can have is a full-length mirror.