Work hard. Believe in yourself. It’s not the publicity that sells the clothes, it’s the woman.
OSCAR DE LA RENTALove. Be curious. Always try to do your best.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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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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The essence of style is how you live your life
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It’s important to excite the imagination of a woman.
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I would like better to be known as the Godfather of Fashion, with all the implications that that word has.
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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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My wife said I look like a Latin American dictator. I said, ‘That’s what I am’
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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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If 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?
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Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.
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The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.
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Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
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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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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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If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.
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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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