Sometimes the simplest things are the most profound.

- Carolina Herrera

We always know better than anybody else what looks best on us. Even if people are complimenting you, if you think, 'I hate what I have on,' it's not right.

- Carolina Herrera

For me, fashion begins in New York.

- Carolina Herrera

We women manage to do many things at the same time. Men, no. Men do one thing at a time.

- Carolina Herrera

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

- Carolina Herrera

My family - my husband, my daughters, my grandchildren, my great-grandchildren, all of them - are the most important thing in the world to me.

- Carolina Herrera

The red carpet is very important. You have to be very careful to have the right person dressed in right way. For me, it has to be a perfect look.

- Carolina Herrera

Attention to detail is of utmost importance when you want to look good.

- Carolina Herrera

It's important to find what really suits who you are, because style isn't only what you wear, it's what you project.

- Carolina Herrera

You never expect anything when you are 20 because you think that you'll never get older.

- Carolina Herrera

Fashion has always been a repetition of ideas, but what makes it new is the way you put it together.

- Carolina Herrera

A wedding dress is both an intimate and personal for a woman - it must reflect the personality and style of the bride.

- Carolina Herrera

Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read.

- Carolina Herrera

Money doesn't buy elegance. You can take an inexpensive sheath, add a pretty scarf, gray shoes, and a wonderful bag, and it will always be elegant.

- Carolina Herrera

Fashion is to please your eye. Shapes and proportions are for your intellect.

- Carolina Herrera

I'm not going to say that I'm perfect. I do have fashion crises.

- Carolina Herrera

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.

- Carolina Herrera

The first painting that I realised I liked was 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' by Hieronymus Bosch, when I was six years old, at the Prado in Madrid. I still find myself returning there every time I'm in the city.

- Carolina Herrera

When I was living in Los Angeles, I always booked a moisturizing milk-and-honey massage the day before flying to Spain. It was heaven - I never got dry plane skin or felt stiff from sitting in one position.

- Carolina Herrera

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.

- Carolina Herrera