Yes, I had cancer. Right now, I am totally clean. The only realities in life are that you are born, and that you die.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAI 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.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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A woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.
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A fragrance is like a signature, so that even after a woman leaves the room, her fragrance should reveal she’s been there.
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The essence of style is how you live your life
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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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If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.
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When a woman falls in love with something so much that she wants to wear it- it is at that point that it becomes fashion.
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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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Work hard. Believe in yourself. It’s not the publicity that sells the clothes, it’s the woman.
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Women are born free, and I think that they should stay that way.
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You don’t go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater.
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Fragrance must be introduced properly. A fragrance is like a signature, so that even after a woman leaves the room, her fragrance should reveal she’s been there.
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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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Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
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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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Love. Be curious. Always try to do your best.
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