I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAMy customers are successful workingwomen.
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Nothing is contrived. At night, the clothes should pour like liquid over the body.
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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 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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Tell me, which designers in New York do you think are great – besides me, of course.
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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 customers are successful workingwomen.
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I have always felt my role as a designer is to do the very best I can for a woman to make her look her best. Fashion is only fashion once a woman puts it on.
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Excess is not really something I consider a bad thing; especially when you are talking about living.
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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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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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Online media is increasingly influential in fashion.
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The essence of style is how you live your life
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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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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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Today, the same woman goes to the store and remembers the husband likes pink, and she buys the red.
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