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.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAI 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.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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I’m a very restless person. I’m always doing something. The creative process never stops.
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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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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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Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.
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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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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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It’s important to excite the imagination of a woman.
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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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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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I would like better to be known as the Godfather of Fashion, with all the implications that that word has.
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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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Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
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The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.
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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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My beloved Hillary, do not disappoint me. You have to be President, OK?
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