I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAWhen 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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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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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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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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Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
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I don’t really know how to do casual clothes.
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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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Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.
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If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.
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One should travel as light as possible. I can organize myself to go on a ten-day trip with just hand luggage.
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Women are born free, and I think that they should stay that way.
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It’s important to excite the imagination of a woman.
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Yes, I had cancer. Right now, I am totally clean. The only realities in life are that you are born, and that you die.
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A woman can wear anything- she can make it right.
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In fashion, the most important thing is to move on.
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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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