The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAYes, I had cancer. Right now, I am totally clean. The only realities in life are that you are born, and that you die.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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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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Today, the same woman goes to the store and remembers the husband likes pink, and she buys the red.
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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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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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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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Love. Be curious. Always try to do your best.
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I’m a very restless person. I’m always doing something. The creative process never stops.
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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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Any girl from any walk of life dreams of that special dress, and I try to make that dream a reality for her.
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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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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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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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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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The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.
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A woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.
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