Carolina Herrera Quotes

Most people travel with a good book, but I also keep my agenda with me; I'll flip through the pages and take a few moments to organize my life a little - I rarely get the time to do this normally.

I have always loved trouser suits. It's something I absolutely believe in for women.

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 very seldom compromise. I am a Capricorn.

There's a tendency for designers to embellish the size of their business. I never lie.

I don't like trends. They tend to make everybody look the same.

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

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

You feel very romantic when you're in a ball gown. Everyone should wear one once in a while.

Sometimes you see women that don't realize that age is changing your style, and they don't change.

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

Latinas who come to the U.S. should adapt, learn English and become a part of the community.

You have to deal with the fashion egos. You know, there is a lot. It shouldn't be treated that seriously because fashion is only making dresses to make women look beautiful. We're not inventing anything new.

Age is something only in your head or a stereotype. Age means nothing when you are passionate about something.

Perfection does not exist - only God is perfect.

When I was living in Los Angeles, I always booked a moisturizing milk-and-honey massage the day before flying to Spain. It was heaven - I never got dry plane skin or felt stiff from sitting in one position.

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

I was schooled at home, then didn't go to university because I married when I was 17. I didn't go into work until late in my life.

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

I prefer clothes that are simple, well-cut, but with one major extravagance. Something with the sleeves, with the skirt, but nothing too fussy, too flashy.

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

We always know better than anybody else what looks best on us. Even if people are complimenting you, if you think, 'I hate what I have on,' it's not right.

In general, fashion is challenging. Everything from clothes to fragrances.

You wouldn't know it but I'm no good at ... cooking. My chef does that.

Feeling good about yourself and your life is very important. I'm a happy woman, happy with my husband, my daughters, my grandchildren. We all get along quite well, and that keeps me centered.

British and American women have very different styles and a different way of living.

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

It's not my aspiration to appear on a reality show. That's the last thing I need in my life.

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.

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

Politics are private. I don't understand people who try to convince you to join one party or another.

The little black dress must be luxurious, rich, sensual, diaphanous, exotic, severe, lush, demure, demanding, frivolous, amusing, and it must linger in memory, but above all, it must be simple and little and black.

For me, fashion begins in New York.

There isn't a book that has changed me, but I have favourites such as 'Pride and Prejudice' which I often re-read.

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

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.

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

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

I rarely go into a shop on holiday, because fashion and design are what I'm involved in every day. I need another world.

Money doesn't buy elegance. You can take an inexpensive sheath, add a pretty scarf, gray shoes, and a wonderful bag, and it will always be elegant.

The first painting that I realised I liked was 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' by Hieronymus Bosch, when I was six years old, at the Prado in Madrid. I still find myself returning there every time I'm in the city.

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.

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?

When you're wearing something you feel comfortable in, you move better. That's why the most important accessory you can have is a full-length mirror.

Fashion has always been a repetition of ideas, but what makes it new is the way you put it together.

People confuse vulgar and naked with sexiness. You want the mystery!

I was brought up with considerable discipline, and I was taught it wasn't proper to display certain very private emotions in public.

I am truly happy with what I've got. But if I could alter something, it would be my hands. I've never been satisfied with them - I would love longer fingers.

Intuition is a strong feminine quality.

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.

I love white shirts because they feel like a security blanket. 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.