Carolina Herrera
Carolina Herrera
Carolina Herrerais a Venezuelan fashion designer known for "exceptional personal style", and for dressing First Ladies from Jacqueline Onassis to Michelle Obama. The New York Times cited her designs as "elegant and worldly without ever being fussy"...
NationalityVenezuelan
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth8 January 1939
CityCaracas, Venezuela
CountryVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Carolina Herrera quotes about
long life-is-hard too-short
Life is hard. It is not too short, it is too long. But you have to learn how to live; you have to have a sense of humour.
discipline taught emotion
I was brought up with considerable discipline, and I was taught it wasn't proper to display certain very private emotions in public.
eye reality clothes
Have I ever been horrified to see someone in my clothes? Many times, but I close my eyes and look the other way. That happens to everyone. What can you do? Go and tell her, 'Don't wear that dress again'? We designers always have fantasies in our heads, but the difficult task is to make them reality. Because you can be the best designer, but designing in your own place and with nobody wearing [your clothes], then what happens? You're nowhere.
people waiting know-yourself
You can't wait for people to tell you; you have to know yourself.
fashion fun intellectual
Fashion should be fun. It shouldn't be labelled 'intellectual.'
daughter mother husband
My family - my husband, my daughters, my grandchildren, my great-grandchildren, all of them - are the most important thing in the world to me.
fashion holiday design
I rarely go into a shop on holiday, because fashion and design are what I'm involved in every day. I need another world.
house missing
You have to have a full-length mirror in your house so you can see what is missing and what you have to add to your look.
shoes people pairs
People get nervous accessorising, but there is nothing wrong with adding a belt or a pair of shoes in another colour.
believe suits
I have always loved trouser suits. It's something I absolutely believe in for women.
book people agendas
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.
I cannot go and tell women what to wear and what not to wear; you have to decide on your own.
fashion past thinking
I've been dressing Renee on the red carpet for the past three years, ... I think she always looks great. She has the right proportion for my clothes. She has that tiny waist and she loves fashion.
fashion compliments-you buying
Fashion is not an investment. If you wear a dress and don't get many compliments, you won't wear it again. It's not like buying bonds.