I was stigmatized by being a ...

I was stigmatized by being a bridal designer for a long time. I am amazed I have been able to move beyond it. I had really all but given up trying, but I did it because it was my lifelong dream.
 Vera Wang

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My mother was extremely controlled, sort of flawless. And I always tend to be a bit more hippie.
 Vera Wang
I was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a big lesson in my life. My mother expected both.
 Vera Wang
As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.
 Vera Wang
I never thought I'd be successful. It seems in my own mind that in everything I've undertaken I've never quite made the mark. But I've always been able to put disappointments aside. Success isn't about the end result; it's about what you learn along the way.
 Vera Wang
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.
 Vera Wang