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)
different elegance
The word "elegance" is a bit different now.
dressed god half hours people spend takes thank three understood
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?
fashion strong accepting
There have been a lot of changes [in the fashion industry], of course. You just have to accept it and be strong.
thinking age world
Glamour is beyond beauty and beyond age. It's like sex appeal. You either have it or you don't, but I don't think it's the end of the world if you don't have it!
fashion thinking challenges
I think it is good that fashion is a challenge because when something is a challenge, you want to do it better.
people luck ask-me
If you ask me to sew a button, I don't know how to do it! The idea of the whole collection and how you want to build your brand is all about working with the right people. And luck!
style important designer
It's very important to have a definitive style as a designer.
people fantastic empowered
I want women to choose something that makes them feel empowered and fantastic and admired by many people.
taken mean people
I walk in the park every day, and when people come and ask for a photograph, I say, "Oh, my God!" It means they recognize that I have been doing something right and they want to have a photograph taken with me.
gives impression lace mixed
Some of them are matte jersey, some of them are chiffon mixed with lace that gives the impression that they are very, very transparent but very, very light.
mother fashion thinking
One thing about my mother is that she has her taste: She knows what she likes and what looks good. It's not studied. There is no insecurity in what she is going to wear, and I think that translates into effortlessness. Her career has been a steady rise, and it hasn't been about the fashion of the moment. It's been because she has kept to her style. She didn't go grunge when it was grunge, or 70's when it was 70's. It's about being secure with what you like and not worrying about what's in fashion that particular day. That's what I admire about her.
funny-inspirational minutes ready
I can get ready in 10 minutes.
seems interfere
Work doesn't seem to interfere with my life. I have time for everything, even time to be alone.
manage men time women
We women manage to do many things at the same time. Men, no. Men do one thing at a time.