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?
OSCAR DE LA RENTAWhen 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.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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I adore gardening, and whenever I have time off, that is my passion.
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Silk does for the body what diamonds do for the hand.
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A woman can wear anything- she can make it right.
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Tell me, which designers in New York do you think are great – besides me, of course.
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I don’t really know how to do casual clothes.
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Women are born free, and I think that they should stay that way.
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Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.
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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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It’s important to excite the imagination of a woman.
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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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I’ve lived every day to the fullest, and I’ve had a marvelous time. I’ve tried to be nice to the people I care about, and ignore the ones I don’t. I enjoy what I’ve done.
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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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Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
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Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.
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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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