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.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAFashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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Be the designer of your own destiny.
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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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A woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.
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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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Fashions change and with rare exception are forgotten by the public. But the classic fragrances, like an invisible dress, endure.
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The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.
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I always design my own hats to complete my fashion thought….I like them slightly mad, like this huge black poppy. Right now I lift the bosom high on coats and dresses…I am using so many high curved belts.
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I adore gardening, and whenever I have time off, that is my passion.
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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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Silk does for the body what diamonds do for the hand.
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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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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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I would like better to be known as the Godfather of Fashion, with all the implications that that word has.
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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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My wife said I look like a Latin American dictator. I said, ‘That’s what I am’
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