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)
manage men time women
We women manage to do many things at the same time. Men, no. Men do one thing at a time.
careful carpet
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.
You never expect anything when you are 20 because you think that you'll never get older.
Sometimes the simplest things are the most profound.
I'm not going to say that I'm perfect. I do have fashion crises.
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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.
english latinas
Latinas who come to the U.S. should adapt, learn English and become a part of the community.
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Keep in shape: if you look good, you will feel confident.
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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.
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You can be very feminine and be a leader. Christine Lagarde, she's very chic and she dresses very well, and she's a woman. And she has a lot of power.
believe hated sell
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.