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" Although in skating you compete with other people, anyone who achieves a certain level of success is first and foremost competing against themselves. And for me, the idea that I could always do better, learn more, learn faster, is something that came from skating. "
Learn
Better
You
" A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes. "
Woman
Clothes
She
" Design is about point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in one's head as a designer. "
View
Woman
Attitude
" Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn. "
Work
People
Time
" Even the most understated ceremony involves a certain respect for ritual and pageantry. No one plays more of a significant role than the bride's attendants. "
Most
More
Bride
" I love a black wedding dress. "
Dress
Black
Wedding
" I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today. "
Today
Things
People
" I see myself as an arbiter of taste. "
See
Myself
Arbiter
" I 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. "
Know
Past
Research
" It's a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years. "
Work
Sit
Look
" It's hard to balance everything. It's always challenging. "
Everything
Always
Hard
" It takes tremendous will to compete in any athletic endeavor, so it meant going to bed early and getting my homework done in advance. I had to sacrifice things, like a social life, to be a skater at 15. But I loved skating so much that it was worth everything to me. "
Life
Me
Done
" I've always tried to push myself technically and to push myself visually. That's been part of the journey. "
Journey
Push
Tried
" I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear. "
Always
Just
Sketching
" I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity. "
Wedding
Women
Book
" I was an art history major, but never specifically contemporary. I would say where I really stopped were the abstract expressionists in the New York school. "
New York
Say
School
" I was a total fashion insider who became an outsider when I did bridal. "
Did
Who
Outsider
" My bedroom is my sanctuary. It's like a refuge, and it's where I do a fair amount of designing - at least conceptually, if not literally. "
Fair
Like
Bedroom
" My evening really begins when I take a long, hot bath. I light a candle, and I turn on the news and try to catch up. It's when I can breathe from the day to the night, and that means a lot to me. "
Long
Night
Me
" Success isn't about the end result, it's about what you learn along the way. "
Success
Result
Way
" The key is falling in love with something, anything. If your heart's attached to it, then your mind will be attached to it. "
Mind
Heart
Love
" There was no relationship between a wedding dress and fashion. There was no good taste, either. I realized that I could make an impression in terms of changing and readdressing the whole industry of bridal. "
Dress
Wedding
Relationship
" Things that came before, people and things and experiences - that does mean something to me. It doesn't mean I don't embrace the new, but I don't forget the past, either. "
Forget
Past
Me
" To me, eyewear goes way beyond being a prescription. It's like makeup. It's the most incredible accessory. The shape of a frame or the color of lenses can change your whole appearance. "
Makeup
Change
Appearance
" When I design a wedding dress with a bustle, it has to be one the bride can dance in. I love the idea that something is practical and still looks great. "
Dress
Wedding
Love
" When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too. "
Better
Only
Then
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