Nothing is contrived. At night, the clothes should pour like liquid over the body.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAMy wife said I look like a Latin American dictator. I said, ‘That’s what I am’
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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Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.
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Things never happen on accident. They happen because you have a vision, you have a commitment, you have a dream.
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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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In fashion, the most important thing is to move on.
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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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The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.
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My beloved Hillary, do not disappoint me. You have to be President, OK?
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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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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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Fashions change and with rare exception are forgotten by the public. But the classic fragrances, like an invisible dress, endure.
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Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.
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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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A woman can wear anything- she can make it right.
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Tell me, which designers in New York do you think are great – besides me, of course.
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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’m a very restless person. I’m always doing something. The creative process never stops.
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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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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 adore gardening, and whenever I have time off, that is my passion.
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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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Love. Be curious. Always try to do your best.
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Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
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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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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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