If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAI 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.
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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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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Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.
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Be the designer of your own destiny.
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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 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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The essence of style is how you live your life
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I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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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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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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My beloved Hillary, do not disappoint me. You have to be President, OK?
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Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
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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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Today, there is no fashion, really. There are just… choices. Women dress today to reveal their personalities. They used to reveal the designer’s personality.
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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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