167 Quotes by Carolina Herrera

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

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

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.

Fashion is a dream. It’s difficult, and there are many aspects of fashion that are very difficult, but if you love it like I do, because I really have a passion, now, for fashion, it’s not easy, but nothing is easy in life.

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

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

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 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.

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.