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.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAMy customers are successful workingwomen.
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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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The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.
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Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
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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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A woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.
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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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Excess is not really something I consider a bad thing; especially when you are talking about living.
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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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Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.
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I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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My beloved Hillary, do not disappoint me. You have to be President, OK?
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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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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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Be the designer of your own destiny.
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