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)
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!"
people describe-me
I always let other people describe me because if I describe myself you will not understand.
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?
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!
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.
people waiting know-yourself
You can't wait for people to tell you; you have to know yourself.
people laughing never-forget
You never forget people who make you laugh.
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.