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Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.

Oscar de la Renta

Tell me, which designers in New York do you think are great – besides me, of course.
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Designer New York Thinking
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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Clothes Fashion Memorable
There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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Emotional Fashion Memorable
I come from a very warm island, where colors are very important, very vibrant, and obviously the color has been an influence on my work.
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Color Important Influence Obviously
Women are born free, and I think that they should stay that way.
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Born Thinking Way Women
The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.
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Charity Children Heart
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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People Rooms Wow
I’m a very restless person. I’m always doing something. The creative process never stops.
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Artist Creative Restless
Things never happen on accident. They happen because you have a vision, you have a commitment, you have a dream.
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Commitment Dream Monday
Silk does for the body what diamonds do for the hand.
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Body Diamonds Hands
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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Dresses Husband Stories
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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Aroma Rooms Signatures
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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Beautiful Fantastic Giving
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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Character Growing Important
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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Done might Month Months Regardless
Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
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Being Fashion Memorable Yourself

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