You don’t go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAWomen think black is the most flattering color, but they’re wrong. Pink adds a cosmetic-like radiance and warmth. Black drains the skin of color; pink delights the eye.
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If you have the right to call me a hot dog why do I not have the right to call you a stale 3-day old hamburger?
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Nothing is contrived. At night, the clothes should pour like liquid over the body.
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I always tell this story: When I started, the woman went to the store to buy a dress. She saw it in pink and red, and then she remembered that the husband, who is probably going to pay for the dress, loves it in pink. So she buys the pink.
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I would like better to be known as the Godfather of Fashion, with all the implications that that word has.
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The essence of style is how you live your life
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I love to live well, I love to eat well, I love to buy beautiful things, and to give a fantastic time to my friends.
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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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A woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.
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Today, the same woman goes to the store and remembers the husband likes pink, and she buys the red.
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Be the designer of your own destiny.
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As far as preference between fall and spring collections, I have none that I prefer to design. With fall you have a lot more items, but of course I am from the Dominican Republic, so I love the warm weather.
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Things never happen on accident. They happen because you have a vision, you have a commitment, you have a dream.
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My customers are successful workingwomen.
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Luxury to me is not about buying expensive things; it’s about living in a way where you appreciate things.
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My wife said I look like a Latin American dictator. I said, ‘That’s what I am’
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Work hard. Believe in yourself. It’s not the publicity that sells the clothes, it’s the woman.
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Today, there is no fashion, really. There are just… choices. Women dress today to reveal their personalities. They used to reveal the designer’s personality.
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Silk does for the body what diamonds do for the hand.
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My beloved Hillary, do not disappoint me. You have to be President, OK?
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If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.
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If you want to establish an international presence you can’t do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.
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Women think black is the most flattering color, but they’re wrong. Pink adds a cosmetic-like radiance and warmth. Black drains the skin of color; pink delights the eye.
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Women are born free, and I think that they should stay that way.
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The most important beauty is not that with which you were born, but the beauty of character which grows through a woman’s life and maybe never stops growing.
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I’ve lived every day to the fullest, and I’ve had a marvelous time. I’ve tried to be nice to the people I care about, and ignore the ones I don’t. I enjoy what I’ve done.
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Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
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