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 RENTAI 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.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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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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I’m a very restless person. I’m always doing something. The creative process never stops.
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A woman can wear anything- she can make it right.
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My beloved Hillary, do not disappoint me. You have to be President, OK?
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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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Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
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Today, the same woman goes to the store and remembers the husband likes pink, and she buys the red.
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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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Love. Be curious. Always try to do your best.
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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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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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A woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.
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The essence of style is how you live your life
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I always design my own hats to complete my fashion thought….I like them slightly mad, like this huge black poppy. Right now I lift the bosom high on coats and dresses…I am using so many high curved belts.
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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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