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OSCAR DE LA RENTAWomen 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.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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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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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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Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
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The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.
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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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Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.
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Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.
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I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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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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Silk does for the body what diamonds do for the hand.
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If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.
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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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A woman can wear anything- she can make it right.
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Luxury to me is not about buying expensive things; it’s about living in a way where you appreciate things.
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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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