If you want to establish an international presence you can’t do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.
OSCAR DE LA RENTANever,ever confuse what happens on a runway with fashion. A runway is spectacle. It’s only fashion when a woman puts it on.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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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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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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In fashion, the most important thing is to move on.
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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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My beloved Hillary, do not disappoint me. You have to be President, OK?
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Tell me, which designers in New York do you think are great – besides me, of course.
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Things never happen on accident. They happen because you have a vision, you have a commitment, you have a dream.
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Be the designer of your own destiny.
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A woman can wear anything- she can make it right.
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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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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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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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I would like better to be known as the Godfather of Fashion, with all the implications that that word has.
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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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It’s important to excite the imagination of a woman.
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