There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAI’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.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.
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It’s important to excite the imagination of a woman.
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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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Tell me, which designers in New York do you think are great – besides me, of course.
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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’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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Work hard. Believe in yourself. It’s not the publicity that sells the clothes, it’s the 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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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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The most important beauty is not that with which you were born, but the beauty of character which grows through a woman’s life and maybe never stops growing.
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Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.
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Luxury to me is not about buying expensive things; it’s about living in a way where you appreciate things.
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Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
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The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.
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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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