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)
art book house
You have to find your own style, and it's difficult to define what style is. It's not what you're wearing; it's how you wear it. It's something very personal, and it reflects the way you live and your house, the books you read, the art you have.
house curiosity moments
You have to have curiosity in life. The moment you don't have any more curiosity, then don't do anything. Retire and stay in your house.
bedroom childhood divine giving house open outside remember vine window
I always remember my childhood house with happy memories. There was a beautiful garden, and outside my bedroom window was a jasmine vine which would open in the evenings, giving off a divine scent.
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.
people office problem
Sometimes I'm a psychiatrist and I tell people in my office that my door is open, and if they have a problem to come and talk to me. Sometimes I say, "I have to close the door because I don't want to hear it!"
laughing never-forget very-good
If you date someone who isn't very good-looking but makes you laugh, you will never forget it.
move women
The skirts are lovely, ... They move very well and they're very feminine. They make women look really like women.
fashion eye easy
Fashion is not easy. You have to change your eye to look for beauty all the time.
fashion
I'm not in the fashion business; I'm in the beauty business.
fashion thinking important
Can I tell you who is the most important fashion icon in the world? Queen Elizabeth of England. Think about that. She has never put her foot anywhere wrong and always looks fantastic.
thinking done retiring
If you think that you did everything and know everything and that everything has been done perfectly well, then it's time to retire.
fashion real sense-of-humor
Queen Elizabeth of England is the real fashion icon of the century. And she has a sense of humor.
people describe-me
I always let other people describe me because if I describe myself you will not understand.
beautiful thinking
Just wear what you think looks beautiful.