Carolina Herrera Quotes

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

For me, fashion begins in New York.

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.

A man has to have sensibility, wit, mystery, tolerance, and strength... Romance also helps.

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

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.

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

People get nervous accessorising, but there is nothing wrong with adding a belt or a pair of shoes in another colour.

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

I don't want the collections to look like a potpourri. It has to have a cohesive idea, and it has to be glamorous and beautiful and fit well.

You have to have a full-length mirror in your house so you can see what is missing and what you have to add to your look.

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

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

Life is hard. It is not too short, it is too long. But you have to learn how to live; you have to have a sense of humour.

I've been dressing Renee on the red carpet for the past three years, ... I think she always looks great. She has the right proportion for my clothes. She has that tiny waist and she loves fashion.

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

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

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

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

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

If you do something for so long, it's really great in your life, right?

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.

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

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

Fashion is magical, a fantasy. It's madness, and it doesn't last. It's changing all the time.

You have to be a psychiatrist too, especially in fashion. A psychologist and a psychiatrist together.

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

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.

Fashion is not an investment. If you wear a dress and don't get many compliments, you won't wear it again. It's not like buying bonds.

I think it is good that fashion is a challenge because when something is a challenge, you want to do it better.

Fashion has to be worn; otherwise it doesn't exist.

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

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.

You can't wait for people to tell you; you have to know yourself.

I think elegance is always going to be there.

I think a sense of humor is the most important thing anyone can have.

The word "elegance" is a bit different now.

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

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

Queen Elizabeth of England is the real fashion icon of the century. And she has a sense of humor.