Carolina Herrera Quotes
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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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Politics are private. I don't understand people who try to convince you to join one party or another.
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I rarely go into a shop on holiday, because fashion and design are what I'm involved in every day. I need another world.
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Fashion is to please your eye. Shapes and proportions are for your intellect.
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I was brought up with considerable discipline, and I was taught it wasn't proper to display certain very private emotions in public.
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Fashion should be fun. It shouldn't be labelled 'intellectual.'
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A man has to have sensibility, wit, mystery, tolerance, and strength... Romance also helps.
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I don't like trends. They tend to make everybody look the same.
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You wouldn't know it but I'm no good at... cooking. My chef does that.
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Intuition is a strong feminine quality.
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I don't believe in naming clients to get press. I hated it when I was a couture client. If the dresses don't sell themselves, there is something wrong.
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British and American women have very different styles and a different way of living.
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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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Most people travel with a good book, but I also keep my agenda with me; I'll flip through the pages and take a few moments to organize my life a little - I rarely get the time to do this normally.
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The red carpet is very important. You have to be very careful to have the right person dressed in right way. For me, it has to be a perfect look.
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I was schooled at home, then didn't go to university because I married when I was 17. I didn't go into work until late in my life.
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Attention to detail is of utmost importance when you want to look good.
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I love books; my suitcases are always full of them. Books and shoes. I read when I am sad, when I am happy, when I am nervous. My favourite British author is Jane Austen, and my favourite American one is John O'Hara.
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I love white shirts because they feel like a security blanket. 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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When you do something that you like, and you think you can keep doing it, you don't think about retiring.