Carolina Herrera Quotes

When you do something that you like, and you think you can keep doing it, you don't think about retiring.

It's very important to have a definitive style as a designer.

I don't get my inspiration from books or a painting. I get it from the women I meet.

There have been a lot of changes [in the fashion industry], of course. You just have to accept it and be strong.

I love books; my suitcases are always full of them. Books and shoes. I read when I am sad, when I am happy, when I am nervous. My favourite British author is Jane Austen, and my favourite American one is John O'Hara.

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.

I always let other people describe me because if I describe myself you will not understand.

Fashion is to please your eye. Shapes and proportions are for your intellect.

Have I ever been horrified to see someone in my clothes? Many times, but I close my eyes and look the other way. That happens to everyone. What can you do? Go and tell her, 'Don't wear that dress again'? We designers always have fantasies in our heads, but the difficult task is to make them reality. Because you can be the best designer, but designing in your own place and with nobody wearing [your clothes], then what happens? You're nowhere.

I think elegance is always going to be there.

Do you know what elegance is? It is not only what you're wearing. It is how you wear it. who you are inside.

Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read.

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!"

I don't think women need another black bag. Everybody has a black bag already, so I thought this season (needs) color.

I approach fashion as an evolution. It's always changing. As you know, sometimes it changes in three months.

All women like to have their clothes admired, and those that deny it are lying.

If you think that you did everything and know everything and that everything has been done perfectly well, then it's time to retire.

Work doesn't seem to interfere with my life. I have time for everything, even time to be alone.

In fashion, you have to have perseverance. You have to do it again and again, but it's something that comes out of my heart, and I love it.

I love myself so much, I simply cannot describe it.

Femininity is a lot of power. It's allure. And the moment you start competing directly with a man, it's not that fun.

When you work in fashion, you need to work as a team. You cannot do anything on your own.

I find that it is much easier now for women to be in any position because, as you see, they are presidents of banks, they are prime ministers, they are doctors. Everything is about women.

It is difficult to read the reviews when you start because you see something in your collection and the press sees something else. That is when you have to be very strong about your own style. They can say whatever they want, but I do what I do because I love it.

You never forget people who make you laugh.

I have a responsibility to the woman of today - to make her feel confident, modern and above all else beautiful.

I don't like to follow too many trends because trends tend to make women look like they are wearing uniforms.

A wedding dress is both an intimate and personal for a woman - it must reflect the personality and style of the bride.

Unfortunately, there's a lot of confusion today over what is sexy and what is vulgar. It's horrifying. They say, 'Oh, that girl is so sexy,' and she turns around and the dress is four sizes too small. Or she's wearing so much stuff, you wonder how long it took her to get ready.

I want women to choose something that makes them feel empowered and fantastic and admired by many people.

Fashion should be fun. It shouldn't be labelled 'intellectual.'

Life always has a bit of a challenge in front of you, and that's what makes you fight for it.

I want women to really look like women from today. It's not from the past and not from the future, because I don't know what happens in the future. It is the woman of today (who) I think is a seductive woman.

I cannot go and tell women what to wear and what not to wear; you have to decide on your own.

You have to have talent to design and to dress thousands of women or millions of women around the world. And you know very well, the only thing they want is to look more beautiful.

Always choose style over fashion: wear something that makes you look beautiful.

My family - my husband, my daughters, my grandchildren, my great-grandchildren, all of them - are the most important thing in the world to me.

Fashion is not easy. You have to change your eye to look for beauty all the time.

The difference between fashion and art is that fashion is art in movement.

Luxury will be always around, no matter what happens in the world.

You need somebody you respect and admire to back you always.

Even if it doesn't fit the woman, like, let's say a very short skirt, and the woman doesn't have the legs or the height to wear the skirt, but she has to wear it because it's fashionable. Don't do it! If it doesn't look good on you, don't worry about it.

The '70s were full of creativity. Everybody was so unique. It was a very creative period, and I think to be a designer you have to know a little about art and literature and music because there is inspiration in all of these things. You're looking for beauty but also something that makes sense.

I very seldom compromise. I am a Capricorn.

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.

It's important to find what really suits who you are, because style isn't only what you wear, it's what you project.

I'm not in the fashion business; I'm in the beauty business.

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.