Top 133 Quotes & Sayings by Carolina Herrera - Page 3

Sometimes I'm a psychiatrist and I tell people in my office that my door is open, and if they have a problem to come and talk to me. Sometimes I say, "I have to close the door because I don't want to hear it!"

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

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.

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 walk in the park every day, and when people come and ask for a photograph, I say, "Oh, my God!" It means they recognize that I have been doing something right and they want to have a photograph taken with me.

It is difficult to read the reviews when you start because you see something in your collection and the press sees something else. That is when you have to be very strong about your own style. They can say whatever they want, but I do what I do because I love it.

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.

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

Have I ever been horrified to see someone in my clothes? Many times, but I close my eyes and look the other way. That happens to everyone. What can you do? Go and tell her, 'Don't wear that dress again'? We designers always have fantasies in our heads, but the difficult task is to make them reality. Because you can be the best designer, but designing in your own place and with nobody wearing [your clothes], then what happens? You're nowhere.

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.

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

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

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