Work hard. Believe in yourself. It’s not the publicity that sells the clothes, it’s the woman.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAGardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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I would like better to be known as the Godfather of Fashion, with all the implications that that word has.
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Women are born free, and I think that they should stay that way.
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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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My customers are successful workingwomen.
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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 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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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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Yes, I had cancer. Right now, I am totally clean. The only realities in life are that you are born, and that you die.
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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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Any girl from any walk of life dreams of that special dress, and I try to make that dream a reality for her.
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Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.
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If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.
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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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Today, the same woman goes to the store and remembers the husband likes pink, and she buys the red.
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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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