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.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAOne should travel as light as possible. I can organize myself to go on a ten-day trip with just hand luggage.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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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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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 want to establish an international presence you can’t do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.
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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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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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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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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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In fashion, the most important thing is to move on.
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Tell me, which designers in New York do you think are great – besides me, of course.
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Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
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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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You don’t go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater.
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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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