I would like better to be known as the Godfather of Fashion, with all the implications that that word has.
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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Tell me, which designers in New York do you think are great – besides me, of course.
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Online media is increasingly influential in fashion.
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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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I have always felt my role as a designer is to do the very best I can for a woman to make her look her best. Fashion is only fashion once a woman puts it on.
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Regardless of how good or bad a collection might be, it’s a letdown after the show is over. It’s done. Something you’ve worked on for months is just over.
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A woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.
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A woman can wear anything- she can make it right.
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Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.
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When I went to see Mrs. Clinton and we talk about the inaugural dress I ask her what would you like to achieve with this particular dress? And she said to me what I would like is – that when I walk into the room and people will look at me and say wow you look great.
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I’m a very restless person. I’m always doing something. The creative process never stops.
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Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
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I do not have one theme for each season, I just try to make beautiful clothes all year round.
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My beloved Hillary, do not disappoint me. You have to be President, OK?
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Never,ever confuse what happens on a runway with fashion. A runway is spectacle. It’s only fashion when a woman puts it on.
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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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