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 RENTAI come from a very warm island, where colors are very important, very vibrant, and obviously the color has been an influence on my work.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.
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I adore gardening, and whenever I have time off, that is my passion.
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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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I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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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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A woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.
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The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.
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If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.
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I don’t really know how to do casual clothes.
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The essence of style is how you live your life
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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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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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I do not have one theme for each season, I just try to make beautiful clothes all year round.
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Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.
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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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