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.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAWomen are born free, and I think that they should stay that way.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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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 adore gardening, and whenever I have time off, that is my passion.
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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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Nothing is contrived. At night, the clothes should pour like liquid over the body.
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Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.
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Silk does for the body what diamonds do for the hand.
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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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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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Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
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When a woman falls in love with something so much that she wants to wear it- it is at that point that it becomes fashion.
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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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Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.
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The essence of style is how you live your life
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If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.
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