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.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAWhen a woman falls in love with something so much that she wants to wear it- it is at that point that it becomes fashion.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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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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I don’t really know how to do casual clothes.
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Nothing is contrived. At night, the clothes should pour like liquid over the body.
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Fashions change and with rare exception are forgotten by the public. But the classic fragrances, like an invisible dress, endure.
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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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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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It’s important to excite the imagination of a woman.
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In fashion, the most important thing is to move on.
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I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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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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Be the designer of your own destiny.
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A woman can wear anything- she can make it right.
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If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.
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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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Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.
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