My wife said I look like a Latin American dictator. I said, ‘That’s what I am’
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.
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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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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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I don’t really know how to do casual clothes.
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You don’t go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater.
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A woman can wear anything- she can make it right.
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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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Silk does for the body what diamonds do for the hand.
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The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.
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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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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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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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Fashions change and with rare exception are forgotten by the public. But the classic fragrances, like an invisible dress, endure.
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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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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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Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.
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