Certainly a big challenge for me with evening-wear is to make it look modern and artistic and avant-garde. The very concept of a ball gown is not in itself a modern concept, and women need to wear that for a certain presence in Hollywood. I'm also aware that a starlet might go to more than one place that night so the piece could also offer, maybe not a revolution, but an evolution.
Vera WangI make things of my own that aren't that glam, but I'm not known for that, which has always been a bit of a frustration for me.
Vera WangI see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules.
Vera WangFashion to me has become very disposable; I wanted to get back to craft, to clothes that could last.
Vera Wang