A woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.
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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I do not have one theme for each season, I just try to make beautiful clothes all year round.
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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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I come from a very warm island, where colors are very important, very vibrant, and obviously the color has been an influence on my work.
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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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I always tell this story: When I started, the woman went to the store to buy a dress. She saw it in pink and red, and then she remembered that the husband, who is probably going to pay for the dress, loves it in pink. So she buys the pink.
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Nothing is contrived. At night, the clothes should pour like liquid over the body.
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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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The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.
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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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It’s important to excite the imagination of a woman.
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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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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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If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.
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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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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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