Regardless of how good or bad a collection might be, it’s a letdown after the show is over. It’s done. Something you’ve worked on for months is just over.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAIf you have the right to call me a hot dog why do I not have the right to call you a stale 3-day old hamburger?
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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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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I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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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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A woman can wear anything- she can make it right.
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I’m a very restless person. I’m always doing something. The creative process never stops.
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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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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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Fashions change and with rare exception are forgotten by the public. But the classic fragrances, like an invisible dress, endure.
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Never,ever confuse what happens on a runway with fashion. A runway is spectacle. It’s only fashion when a woman puts it on.
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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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Work hard. Believe in yourself. It’s not the publicity that sells the clothes, it’s the woman.
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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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The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.
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Nothing is contrived. At night, the clothes should pour like liquid over the body.
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The essence of style is how you live your life
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