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.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAIt’s important to excite the imagination of a woman.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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The essence of style is how you live your life
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Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.
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Fragrance must be introduced properly. 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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Be the designer of your own destiny.
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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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I do not have one theme for each season, I just try to make beautiful clothes all year round.
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Tell me, which designers in New York do you think are great – besides me, of course.
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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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Women think black is the most flattering color, but they’re wrong. Pink adds a cosmetic-like radiance and warmth. Black drains the skin of color; pink delights the eye.
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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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Excess is not really something I consider a bad thing; especially when you are talking about living.
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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 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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I’m a very restless person. I’m always doing something. The creative process never stops.
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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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