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)
fashion new-york
For me, fashion begins in New York.
thinking retiring
When you do something that you like, and you think you can keep doing it, you don't think about retiring.
regret want young
Don't wear excessive make-up as you grow older. Young women can wear whatever make-up they want, but if you are older, you will regret it.
style way different
British and American women have very different styles and a different way of living.
dream fashion passion
Fashion is a dream. It's difficult, and there are many aspects of fashion that are very difficult, but if you love it like I do, because I really have a passion, now, for fashion, it's not easy, but nothing is easy in life.
age glamour
Glamour is beyond beauty and beyond age. It's like sex appeal.
men romance tolerance
A man has to have sensibility, wit, mystery, tolerance, and strength... Romance also helps.
funny-inspirational minutes ready
I can get ready in 10 minutes.
people naked want
People confuse vulgar and naked with sexiness. You want the mystery!
fun men femininity
Femininity is a lot of power. It's allure. And the moment you start competing directly with a man, it's not that fun.
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.
people mind shy
I am very shy. When I go to a charity ball, I don't mind if people look at my sleeves. I mind terribly if I have to say something.
tired white design
You can wear them with anything. It's the person and the way that they wear it that makes it different. I have been designing white shirts forever, but I don't get tired of it.
men forget femininity
You cannot forget about your femininity. You don't have to compete with men in that respect.